Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Microcode-ctl Problems

[Frank Peters]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:30:18 +0200
Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:

>
> I can't offer much help other than the assurance that it works on
> 64-bit.  I've been using it to keep my CPU's microcode updated for quite
> a while.  It's a Core 2 Duo though, not Quad, running Gentoo ~amd64.
>
>

Recently I installed Gentoo on another machine that has a Pentium D
processor with dual cores.  As a test, I tried to update the microcode
on this other machine and experienced the exact same behavior.  The microcode
module required about five minutes to load and the update did not occur.

This was quite a surprise to me, but it also tends to indicate that
the fault is with the module and the kernel.  The module should load
immediately and there should be no delay.

Possibly there is some additional kernel option that needs to
be set but I cannot imagine what it could be.

Frank Peters