Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode problem - Fam15h ( FYI )

[Corbin Bird]

On 05/25/2018 08:50 PM, Adam Carter wrote:
>
>     > For me dmesg says;
>     > [    1.538275] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06000852
>     >
>     > but i still have lwp in /proc/cpuinfo. Are you at 0x06000852 ?
>     .
>     This is my dmesg output :
>     .
>     [    1.111448] microcode: microcode updated early to new
>     patch_level=0x06000852
>
>
> Ok then it looks like the mno-lwp is responsible for lwp's absence in
> your /proc/cpuinfo.
>
> FWIW, no stability problems for me so far. (FX-8350 + 4.16.11).
>
.
I should have clarified ... the '-mno-lwp' was added as a result of the
comparison of the two /proc/cpuinfo files.I was very curious about WHAT
exactly the microcode update did.

The CPU I am using is a FX-9590.

Question : Is there a PSP in your CPU?

Corbin