From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Pf3kz-000754-Og for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:05:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3E02E0946 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:05:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.105]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F25C3E08D6 for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:29:59 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhwHAFKmNE06B6JF/2dsb2JhbACWPY4Yc8I+hVAEhG2JVRo X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,337,1291564800"; d="scan'208";a="225437922" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([58.7.162.69]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 18 Jan 2011 12:29:58 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0B301F583DD for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:57 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id gLrY6LV+PJYd for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:48 +0800 (WST) Received: from [192.168.44.2] (rattus [192.168.44.2]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A761F5A9FC for ; Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:47 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Microcode update AMD From: William Kenworthy To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4d349ca2.0297df0a.5e61.ffffd0dc@mx.google.com> References: <20110117172148.GD5748@solfire> <4d3493c4.0297df0a.7fb2.ffffc8c0@mx.google.com> <20110117191904.GM5748@solfire> <4d349ca2.0297df0a.5e61.ffffd0dc@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Organization: Home in Perth! Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:45 +0800 Message-ID: <1295324985.21821.37.camel@rattus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 6d996d3f-9488-4ffa-ad16-4d2370250025 X-Archives-Hash: 233c5e72743db1eab297f50b2a19ae7f On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 20:46 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Monday 17 January 2011 20:19:04 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-17 20:16]: > > > On Monday 17 January 2011 18:21:48 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have two questions: > > > > 1) Do I have to enable microcode updates in the BIOS of my > > > > Crosshair > > > > > > > > IV Formula to activate microcodes push in the CPU by the > > > > module > > > > "microcode" ? (AMD Phenom X6 1090T) > nobody knows. > Not amd, but follow the links for some explanation. * sys-apps/microcode-ctl Latest version available: 1.17-r2 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 319 kB Homepage: http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode Description: Intel processor microcode update utility License: GPL-2 * sys-apps/microcode-data Latest version available: 20100209 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 549 kB Homepage: http://urbanmyth.org/microcode/ Description: Intel IA32 microcode update data License: as-is I manually grabbed a later data set from Intel when the kernel would throw a message about needing a microcode update on my Intel Atom. There are a couple of kernel options that need setting as well as the above packages - loading is via an /etc/init.d/ script. There was a changelog there as well - AMD should be similar. Also, you could ask AMD what the update fixes? The bios microcode update is likely an enable setting rather than the bios actually updating the cpu. You need to do some reading/asking of the manufacturers (not here) if it bothers you. BillK -- William Kenworthy Home in Perth!