Messages in this thread | | | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Ensure that module is only loaded for | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:30:35 -0400 |
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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Kay Sievers wrote: >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. آ I have nuked about half of that >> script in my local copy so that it does install AMD code on AMD >> processors. آ 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
That has to be a good deal in general, but it leaves us AMD users swinging in a strong breeze. That microcode loading was in the kernel until sometime in the 2.6.20ish time frame, I can recall scanning dmesg's where it was loaded by about line 75 in past history. Now its just an afterthought. :(
Thanks Kay.
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