On Friday, 23 August 2024 19:27:58 BST Dale wrote: > I'm going to add a tidbit of info here. Might relate, might not. On my > old system and my new system, I installed the sys-kernel/linux-firmware > package. During the install of that package, a file magically appeared > in /boot named amd-uc.img
This is the CPU microcode for AMD CPUs: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMD_microcode > and when I run grub to create the config file, > it sees and adds that the same as it does a init thingy and kernel for > booting. I think a few months ago the way firmware works changed. I > think there is a news item. Maybe. > > Even if you don't use init thingys, you might could use that file the > linux-firmware package creates. Maybe you can put that in your kernel > and include it inside the kernel. Then when you update your kernel, > just include the newer file the package provides in /boot. It can be built in the kernel, or added to the initramfs if you use one. > If nothing else, that may give you a idea, about something I really > don't understand completely. o_O LOL > > Dale > > :-) :-) The CPU OEMs occasionally release microcode updates to address CPU instruction bugs, but for modern CPUs you're more likely to obtain a timely microcode patch by updating your MoBo's firmware.
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