On 12/11/2009 09:31 PM, Frank Peters wrote:
After failing to receive any kind of answer from various sources, including
the developers themselves, I though that I would bring up the issue here.
Does the microcode_ctl utility work on the x86_64 processor, and in particular
the Core 2 quad? If so, then how can it be successfully implemented?
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Microcode_ctl is available for Gentoo AMD64 and there are no indications
anywhere that it does _not_ work on a 64-bit system. What needs to
be done to get it to load the new firmware and why does the module
take three minutes to load?
Microcode_ctl is far from being a popular or even essential utility
but someone must have some knowledge of its function. I recall that
it used to work nicely on a 32-bit machine but since I switched to pure
64-bit I can no longer use it.
I can't offer much help other than the assurance that it works on
64-bit. I've been using it to keep my CPU's microcode updated for quite
a while. It's a Core 2 Duo though, not Quad, running Gentoo ~amd64.
