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From: Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode problem - Fam15h ( FYI )
Date: Mon, 28 May 2018 11:08:30
Message-Id: e0d4c50f-1c4b-4d21-facf-55b6d291baac@charter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] AMD microcode problem - Fam15h ( FYI ) by Adam Carter
1 On 05/27/2018 06:12 AM, Adam Carter wrote:
2 > Also, are you saying that the sequence of events for you was;
3 > - booted with new microcode, and lwp was missing from /proc/cpuinfo
4 > - you had instability
5 > - you rebuilt with -mno-lwp
6 > - stability returned
7 .
8 - quickpackage'd 'sys-kernel/linux-firmware' v20180507
9 - cat'd the /proc/cpuinfo file to oldcpuinfo.text ( in home directory )
10 - updated 'sys-kernel/linux-firmware' from v20180507 to v20180518
11 - compilied the updated / new kernel released, and modules, then
12 installed them
13 - booted with new microcode
14 - cat'd the new /proc/cpuinfo to newcpuinfo.text ( in home directory )
15 and lwp was missing from /proc/cpuinfo
16 - began experiencing 'kernel hard locks'
17 - next day, updated kernel version released, added '-mno-lwp' to
18 'make.conf' CFLAGS, built it && installed it
19 - rebooted, stability returned
20
21 Corbin