Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:43:34 +0200 | From | Lauri Tischler <> | Subject | Re: Intel microcode fixes [OFF-TOPIC] |
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Pat St. Jean wrote: > > How could it? IIRC, the "new" microcode is stored in the flash rom with > the BIOS. One of the first things the machine does on startup is update > the microcode. Linux isn't even in existance at that time.
You are mixing BIOS program and processor-chip microcode. BIOS-code is a program which is run at boot-up from BIOS-Prom or flashrom. Microcode is processor internal code which defines the actual execution of processor instructions.
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