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On 12/12/2009 06:43 AM, Frank Peters wrote: |
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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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Well, I don't load it manually but have /etc/init.d/microcode_ctl in my |
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boot runlevel, but I guess this doesn't make any difference. My logs |
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look the same except for the time (there's no delay) and the microcode |
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version (probably due to different CPU used.) |
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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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Are you sure you have "Intel microcode patch loading support" |
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(CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL) enabled in the kernel and "AMD microcode patch |
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loading support" (CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD) disabled? |
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Also make sure "Userspace firmware loading support" (CONFIG_FW_LOADER) |
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is enabled. It should be enabled automatically by |
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CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL though. |
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