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From: David Haller <gentoo@×××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which microcode gets loaded?
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 18:38:00
Message-Id: 20180514183742.xwqa4wojmn5wdybx@grusum.endjinn.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] which microcode gets loaded? by tuxic@posteo.de
1 Hello,
2
3 On Mon, 14 May 2018, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
4 [..]
5 >cat /proc/cpuinfo (from one of the six cores):
6 >processor : 4
7 >vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
8 >cpu family : 16
9 ^^ decimal = 10h(ex)
10 >model : 10
11 >model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
12 [..]
13 >from linux-firmware (related lines):
14 >/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin
15 >/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin
16 >/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin ***
17 >/lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin
18 >
19 >(***) I think, these microcodes do I need...
20
21 Nope. You need microcode_amd.bin, if any. Go into the git-repo for
22 sys-kernel/linux-firmware[1] and you'll find that the non-versioned
23 microcode_amd.bin is for fam10h - fam14h.
24
25 HTH,
26 -dnh
27
28 [1] https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
29
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