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 1PevXc-0003Fu-CR for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:19:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C639E09BC for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54F22E090A for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 17 Jan 2011 19:57:54 -0000 Received: from p54851BA3.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO gmx.net) [84.133.27.163] by mail.gmx.net (mp011) with SMTP; 17 Jan 2011 20:57:54 +0100 X-Authenticated: #20088476 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19nDahviTlnpS7WNwWwthQbL3LiXwEiaftDIv75lc 7mgJeKBhZWCCOe Received: by gmx.net (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 Meino.Cramer@gmx.de; Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:57:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:57:55 +0100 From: meino.cramer@gmx.de To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Microcode update AMD Message-ID: <20110117195755.GO5748@solfire> References: <20110117172148.GD5748@solfire> <4d3493c4.0297df0a.7fb2.ffffc8c0@mx.google.com> <20110117191904.GM5748@solfire> <4d349ca2.0297df0a.5e61.ffffd0dc@mx.google.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d349ca2.0297df0a.5e61.ffffd0dc@mx.google.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (Linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 9d1fad5b-5a91-49ff-817d-be2c1cba8dfc X-Archives-Hash: e448f927000898b4318eebdae58743ee Volker Armin Hemmann [11-01-17 20:52]: > 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) > > > > > > you ALWAYS have to activate that! This way the bios updates the > > > microcode with the latest version it is carrying around. Not activating > > > that option is really, really stupid. For many reasons. It is also > > > (almost) completely unrelated to that blob. > > > > > > That blob is for the OS so you can upload an even more recent version of > > > microcode. In case your bios sucks. For example. > > > > > > > 2) Does anyone know, what these microcodes do? They are fixes > > > > for... > > > > > > > > ...what? > > > > > > the CPU. All CPUs use microcode. For decades. Google, or go straight to > > > wikipedia. > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcode > > > > Cool down. I know for waht microcodes are good for. > > > > My question means: What specific bugs/features of my CPU get fixed, > > when I use the microcde included in the recent microcode update??? > > nobody knows. > So...why should I try unknown code patched into my CPU. It looks like "install this virus" from the security point of view, doesn't ist?