[gentoo-user] Re: Microcode update AMD

2011-01-19 Thread walt
On 01/19/2011 04:53 PM, walt wrote: On 01/17/2011 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: alsmost all bios load the microcode automatically. I've known for years what microcode is and what it does, but the idea of updating it is a complete surprise to me. From where does the bios get the micr

[gentoo-user] Re: Microcode update AMD

2011-01-19 Thread walt
On 01/17/2011 11:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: alsmost all bios load the microcode automatically. I've known for years what microcode is and what it does, but the idea of updating it is a complete surprise to me. From where does the bios get the microcode that it loads?

[gentoo-user] Re: Microcode update AMD

2011-01-18 Thread Nuno J. Silva
Jason Weisberger writes: > On Jan 17, 2011 4:15 PM, "Volker Armin Hemmann" > wrote: >> On Monday 17 January 2011 15:13:54 Jason Weisberger wrote: >>> >>> The update killed your free core :) >> >> a 'free core' that is probably broken in mysterious and hard to find but >> nonetheless very dang