On Tuesday 28 July 2015 05:36:22 Darac Marjal wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 07:39:32PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Is there an autoloading routine I know not about that chooses to see > > if either the intel-microdoe is loaded and applied, or the > > amd64-microcode is applied? > > > > I cannot find a reference to the attempt to load it in the dmesg > > report on this machine I am building.. Apt-get install says it is > > already the latest version. Seems to me there ought to be some > > treacks in the boot log. > > As I understand it, the microcode appropriate to the processor is > PREpended to the inird image. The kernel will then read that very > early on and apply it to each CPU as it starts it. > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt > > You should be able to see microcode being loaded by "dmesg | grep > microcode". If that returns nothing, then it may simply be that your > CPU(s) are running the latest available microcode. > > > Thanks folks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
Since the cpu in question is an athlon64 X2, and therefore a bit ancient, I'd doubt that. I just looked at the initrd with a hex editor but see no identifying text that would help to identify what I am looking at. I'll ask on the emc machine list if there is a way to regenerate the initrd to include the AuthenticAMD bits. Thank you. > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: > > https://lists.debian.org/201507271939.32047.ghesk...@wdtv.com Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201507280629.27189.ghesk...@wdtv.com
