Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 09:11:59 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre@fbsd.e4m.org> To: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> Cc: Andre Albsmeier <andre@fbsd.e4m.org>, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r459464 - in head/sysutils/devcpu-data: . files Message-ID: <20180121081159.GA1434@voyager> In-Reply-To: <201801191928.w0JJS8DL067070@repo.freebsd.org> References: <201801191928.w0JJS8DL067070@repo.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 19-Jan-2018 at 19:28:08 +0000, Sean Bruno wrote: > Author: sbruno > Date: Fri Jan 19 19:28:08 2018 > New Revision: 459464 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/459464 > > Log: > sysutils/devcpu-data: Revert back to legacy microcode.dat implementation. Thanks! > Either there is a problem with the Intel supplied microcode files or > cpucontrol does not yet understand how to process a micrcode update file > with multiple entries. cpucontrol simply ignores all but the first one of concatenated updates (see my mail as of 18 Jan 2018 19:08:40). I don't know if this can be considered a problem with the Intel file (at least it's their file ;-)) Maybe a single file would work if it contained what cpucontrol calls "extended signature table" but I have no idea if this is an official and still supported Intel feature or where it came from...
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