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On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:30:18 +0200 |
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Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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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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Could you possibly check your kernel log? |
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Here is the log from my machine after loading the microcode module: |
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Dec 11 23:24:25 (none) kernel: microcode: CPU0 sig=0x6fb, pf=0x10, revision=0xb6 |
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Dec 11 23:24:25 (none) kernel: platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0b |
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Dec 11 23:25:25 (none) kernel: microcode: CPU1 sig=0x6fb, pf=0x10, revision=0xb6 |
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Dec 11 23:25:25 (none) kernel: platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0b |
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Dec 11 23:26:25 (none) kernel: microcode: CPU2 sig=0x6fb, pf=0x10, revision=0xb6 |
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Dec 11 23:26:25 (none) kernel: platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0b |
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Dec 11 23:27:25 (none) kernel: microcode: CPU3 sig=0x6fb, pf=0x10, revision=0xb6 |
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Dec 11 23:27:25 (none) kernel: platform microcode: firmware: requesting intel-ucode/06-0f-0b |
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Dec 11 23:28:25 (none) kernel: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@×××××××××××××××××.uk>, Peter Oruba |
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The loading process occurs over four minutes as each cpu seems |
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to make some sort of request for intel microcode. There seems |
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to be a request and then a long wait. |
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I don't fully understand what is happening but the firmware drivers |
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seem to play some role. Maybe my kernel is not configured |
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correctly for handling firmware. |
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Frank Peters |
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