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On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 8:02 AM Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I noticed something odd about the microcode however ... |
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> > amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin 7876 -> 5356 bytes |
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> The size dropped by 2Kb? |
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> So is the "fix" actually disabling fixes for other problems? |
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As far as I can tell there is no evidence that the new microcode fixes |
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anything, or that the old microcode it replaces fixes anything. At least |
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the size is objectively measurable. :) |
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Presumably the newer microcode is better in some way, or at least somebody |
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thought it is, possibly based on some knowledge of what it does. |
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Rich |
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