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On 12/11/2009 09:31 PM, Frank Peters wrote: |
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> After failing to receive any kind of answer from various sources, including |
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> the developers themselves, I though that I would bring up the issue here. |
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> Does the microcode_ctl utility work on the x86_64 processor, and in particular |
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> the Core 2 quad? If so, then how can it be successfully implemented? |
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> Microcode_ctl is available for Gentoo AMD64 and there are no indications |
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> anywhere that it does _not_ work on a 64-bit system. What needs to |
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> be done to get it to load the new firmware and why does the module |
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> take three minutes to load? |
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> Microcode_ctl is far from being a popular or even essential utility |
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> but someone must have some knowledge of its function. I recall that |
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> it used to work nicely on a 32-bit machine but since I switched to pure |
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> 64-bit I can no longer use it. |
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I can't offer much help other than the assurance that it works on |
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64-bit. I've been using it to keep my CPU's microcode updated for quite |
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a while. It's a Core 2 Duo though, not Quad, running Gentoo ~amd64. |
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