> The workaround from bug 6657646 worked. In the > /etc/system file, I added this line: set use_mp = 0 > The motherboard is an Asus P5K64 WS (Intel ICH9R/P35) > with Intel C2D E6550 2.33GHz and 1GB RAM (so yes it's > a multi core CPU). > > Regarding your question about bug 6586621, removing > the Intel cpu microcode update files made the > warnings disappear, yes. > > So it seems these two workarounds work in this case > (for me at least). Can you tell me what they both do?
Setting "use_mp = 0" doesn't initialize non boot cpus. So the box boots up with just one cpu core. The boot code does get microcode updates, if any are required. > Do I lose anything by removing the Intel cpu microcode? I think, If the system's bios is up-to-date it should already have installed all required cpu bugfixes / cpu microcode updates. I think solaris' cpu microcode updates are intended as a fallback for cases where the system's bios didn't install the latests cpu microcode updates. This message posted from opensolaris.org
