chg: remove --no-intel-db, it's now always used when available

src/libs/002_core_globals.sh

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ show_usage() {
 		--no-runtime		skip running-kernel checks (/sys, /proc, dmesg), still inspect local CPU hardware
 		--no-hw			skip CPU information and running-kernel checks (implies --no-runtime)
 		--vmm [auto,yes,no]	override the detection of the presence of a hypervisor, default: auto
-		--no-intel-db		don't use the builtin Intel DB of affected processors
 		--allow-msr-write	allow probing for write-only MSRs, this might produce kernel logs or be blocked by your system
 		--cpu [#,all]		interact with CPUID and MSR of CPU core number #, or all (default: CPU core 0)
 		--update-fwdb		update our local copy of the CPU microcodes versions database (using the awesome
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ opt_explain=0
 opt_paranoid=0
 opt_extra=0
 opt_mock=0
-opt_intel_db=1
 
 g_critical=0
 g_unknown=0

src/libs/230_util_optparse.sh

@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ while [ -n "${1:-}" ]; do
     elif [ "$1" = "--allow-msr-write" ]; then
         opt_allow_msr_write=1
         shift
-    elif [ "$1" = "--no-intel-db" ]; then
-        opt_intel_db=0
-        shift
     elif [ "$1" = "--cpu" ]; then
         opt_cpu=$2
         if [ "$opt_cpu" != all ]; then

src/libs/380_hw_microcode.sh

@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ read_mcedb() {
 
 # Read the Intel official affected CPUs database (builtin) to stdout
 read_inteldb() {
-    if [ "$opt_intel_db" = 1 ]; then
-        awk '/^# %%% ENDOFINTELDB/ { exit } { if (DELIM==1) { print $2 } } /^# %%% INTELDB/ { DELIM=1 }' "$0"
-    fi
-    # otherwise don't output nothing, it'll be as if the database is empty
+    awk '/^# %%% ENDOFINTELDB/ { exit } { if (DELIM==1) { print $2 } } /^# %%% INTELDB/ { DELIM=1 }' "$0"
 }
 
 # Check whether the CPU is running the latest known microcode version