699...@bugs.debian.org, My computer has an Intel Xeon W3690 (details from dmidecode at bottom) and has worked without problem using linux-image-3.1.0-1-686-pae 3.1.8-2.
I upgraded to linux-image-3.2.0-4-686-pae:i386 3.2.35-2 and get a similar message as reported in this bug: >>>microcode: CPU0 sig=0x206c2, pf=0x1, revision=0x13 >>>platform microcode: firmware: agent aborted loading intel-ucode/06-2c-02 >>>(not found?) However the computer still boots and has worked normally. This message did not appear with the earlier 3.1 kernel on the same PC and there were no hardware changes, so it would seem related to the linux-3.2 image. The computer boots without this message when I use the older linux 3.1 kernel. The message does not appear on an older PC running the same linux-3.2 image but with an Intel Core 2 6300 (that one loads a different ucode for which there is a file in /lib/firmware/intel-ucode). I'm not clear on two points: 1. is this a problem since the computer boots and works normally despite the message? [In other words, is an earlier version of ucode being used?] 2. is there any configuration or package install/remove I could do to avoid this issue when booting linux-3.2t? thanks, --jack From dmidecode: Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 40 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: LGA1366 Type: Central Processor Family: Xeon Manufacturer: Intel ID: C2 06 02 00 FF FB EB BF Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 44, Stepping 2 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store) ACPI (ACPI supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop) HTT (Multi-threading) TM (Thermal monitor supported) PBE (Pending break enabled) Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3690 @ 3.47GHz Voltage: 1.2 V External Clock: 133 MHz Max Speed: 3466 MHz Current Speed: 3466 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Other L1 Cache Handle: 0x0005 L2 Cache Handle: 0x0006 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0007 Serial Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Part Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M. Core Count: 6 Core Enabled: 6 Thread Count: 6 Characteristics: 64-bit capable
