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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:29 PM, William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> The bios microcode update is likely an enable setting rather than the |
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> bios actually updating the cpu. You need to do some reading/asking of |
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> the manufacturers (not here) if it bothers you. |
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Thanks for the links, I didn't realize they made the microcode data |
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available separately. |
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From Intel's download site for the microcode data: |
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"The microcode data file contains the latest microcode definitions for |
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all Intel processors. Intel releases microcode updates to correct |
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processor behavior as documented in the respective processor |
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specification updates. While the regular approach to getting this |
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microcode update is via a BIOS upgrade, Intel realizes that this can |
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be an administrative hassle. The Linux Operating System and VMware ESX |
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products have a mechanism to update the microcode after booting. For |
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example, this file will be used by the operating system mechanism if |
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the file is placed in the /etc/firmware directory of the Linux |
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system." |
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