Re: [gentoo-user] Where is CONFIG_MICROCODE gone in kernel 4.4.6-gentoo?

[Mick]

On Saturday 30 Apr 2016 08:50:55 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 09:29:08AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 09:07:29 +0100, Mick wrote:
> > > I seem to have mislaid my microcode somewhere, in the latest stable
> > > gentoo kernel:
> > >
> > > # grep -i MICROCODE .config
> > > #
> >
> > Grepping .config is unreliable, and always has been.
>
> I usually use something like:
>
>     grep MICROCODE $(find . -name Kconfig)
>
> Alec

# grep -i MICROCODE /boot/config-4.4.6-gentoo 
# 
# grep -i MICROCODE .config 
# 
# grep MICROCODE $(find . -name Kconfig)
./arch/x86/Kconfig:config MICROCODE
./arch/x86/Kconfig:config MICROCODE_INTEL
./arch/x86/Kconfig:     depends on MICROCODE
./arch/x86/Kconfig:     default MICROCODE
./arch/x86/Kconfig:config MICROCODE_AMD
./arch/x86/Kconfig:     depends on MICROCODE
./arch/x86/Kconfig:config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
./arch/x86/Kconfig:     depends on MICROCODE
# 

Now you see it ... now you don't!  I am getting really confused.  :-/

Why on this PC the MICROCODE options become available only when I enable 
INITRD, but on other PCs such a problem does not exist?

-- 
Regards,
Mick