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On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:39 PM, <tuxic@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> from a previous thread I learned which micorcode file needs |
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> to be loaded for the "fight against Spectre and Melddown"... |
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> Now two question came up for me: |
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> 1.) WIth this particular micorcode loaded: Do I need to activate |
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> the Spectre/Meldtown fix in the kernel itsself? |
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AFAIK there are no fixes that rely on microcode in the kernel yet. The |
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non-microcode dependent fixes need to be enabled. |
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> 2.) Which microcode file gets loaded? |
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> cat /proc/cpuinfo (from one of the six cores): |
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> processor : 4 |
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> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD |
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> cpu family : 16 |
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> model : 10 |
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> model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor |
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> stepping : 0 |
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> microcode : 0x10000bf |
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> cpu MHz : 1755.530 |
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> cache size : 512 KB |
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> physical id : 0 |
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> siblings : 6 |
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> core id : 4 |
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> cpu cores : 6 |
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> <snip> |
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> from linux-firmware (related lines): |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin.asc |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin *** |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam17h.bin |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin.asc *** |
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> /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin.asc |
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gcc man page says fam15 is bulldozer and your CPU is pre-bulldozer so you |
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dont even need that one. |
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Do you use barcelona aka fam10 for the march CFLAG in make.conf? |
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Rgs, |
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Adam |
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