Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-07,: Re: [patch-2.3.46-p2] P6 microcode update support

# Re: [patch-2.3.46-p2] P6 microcode update support

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:29:46 +0000 (GMT)

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> > (reasonably) latest BIOS and it even tells on boot that it patched both
> > CPUs to revision=7 microcode. Yet with my thing I patched it to
> > revision=14.
>
> As I said... old or substandard. Sounds like the latter case. The BIOS
> manufacturer has been sloppy.

Not really. The BIOS folks have provision and tools so you can add more
microcode updates to your flash. It even has a flash segment specififed for
it and an int 15 API extension

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