Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:40:03 +0000 | | From | Dave Jones <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] don't create regular files in devfs (fwd) |
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:29:58PM +0000, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > No, because cat is using 4K chunks and the data has to be written in one > large chunk, like this: > > # dd if=microcode of=/dev/cpu/microcode bs=141312 count=1 > > This actually works fine but you need to convert microcode data from human > readable (what Intel distribute) to binary format first. Easily done with > microcode_ctl utility.
What about the dumps Christian Ludhoff put at ftp.sandpile.org/mcupdate ? These are binary data, but are they in the right format to be used ? I'm curious if these are newer than the ones described in microcode.dat, but haven't had time to dig through the dates on them.
Dave
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