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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Ensure that module is only loaded for
2012/4/17 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@gmail.com>:

> I do not think the above has anything to do with the current version
> shipping in some distro's, which is trying to find the intel code on
> kernels >2.6.39 when running on AMD stuff, so that script in /etc/init.d
> needs attention too.  I have nuked about half of that script in my local
> copy so that it does install AMD code on AMD processors.  The errors I was
> seeing were only the lack of its ability to find the Intel code and does
> not generate any output resembling the above.

Just a note: the intel microcode is loaded by a kernel-initiated
firmware request these days. There is no (broken) init script on
recent systems, to (rather mindlessly) fiddle around in userspace with
kernel internals.

Kay
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