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SubjectRe: Intel microcode fixes
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Followup to:  <199811160935.KAA25179@hertz.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
By author: Uwe Bonnes <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I just found following announcement on the SCO anounncement group:
> > SCO UnixWare 2.1.1 -2.1.3
> >
> > Description:
> > This SLS provides the proper microcode fixes to the system's Pentium Pro,
> > Pentium II, Celeron, and Pentium II Xeon processors.
>
> How are these microcode fixes handled with Linux?
>

Microcode fixes for Intel P6-core chips are uploaded to the CPU either
by the BIOS, or by a driver. Linux obviously doesn't have a driver,
which means it has to be done by the BIOS (usually shipped as part of
the BIOS) or we have to get a driver.

The microcode update itself is delivered from Intel as a binary blob.

-hpa

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