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From:	Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] How to tell what the current AMD microcode level is?
Date:	Sun, 08 Dec 2019 03:22:40
Message-Id:	`CAC=wYCFUNbwye2=_PzYM3c=sbs1ExUUJyOHJVErpujSX2m1s7g@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] How to tell what the current AMD microcode level is? by Daniel Frey

1	> > firmware-md5s-2019-11-12.txt:a30e5f81d37ed38faf039b75bc376197
2	> > /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin
3	> >
4	> >
5	>
6	> Drat, mine is 0x08701011. That means for some reason it's not doing an
7	> early microcode update in the kernel.
8	>
9	> I'll have to figure out why it's not applying. I followed the same steps
10	> for my Intel-based laptop and it works... not sure why it isn't loading.
11	>
12
13	No doubt you already checked these, but;
14
15	Does 'md5sum /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin' match the
16	above?
17
18	Does CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE contain 'amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin' ?