On Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:56:29 +0200 Salvatore Bonaccorso
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> Hi Ole,
>
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2026 at 09:57:41AM +0200, [email protected] wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:50:07 +0200 [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:12:05 +0200 Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig?=
> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > Hello Ole,
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Aug 29, 2026 at 02:22:27PM +0200, [email protected]
> > wrote:
> > > > > aug 29 14:10:05 twike3 kernel: x86/CPU: Running old microcode
> > > >
> > > > Can you try to install `intel-microcode`, regenerate the
initramfs and
> > > > reboot?
> > > >
> > > > Does that help?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > > Uwe
> > >
> > > i already did install intel-microcode some time ago, as i also
saw the
> > > information about running old microcode, tested it al today with the
> > > image 7.2.7 and a regenerated initramfs but unfortunately no luck
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ole
> > >
> >
> > tested with image 7.2.8 and 7.2.9 but no changes so far and i'm not
even
> > sure the issue for this problem really is targetted
> >
> > it was working in <7.0.x so it should be fixable but there might be
reasons,
> > i don't know, of why it is not working any more
>
> So given we were out of luck with ideas on possible causes, the only
> viable way forward we see is to ask you for a bisect between the 7.0
> and 7.1 upstream versions. Can you please do that? The steps will
> involve compiling and testing a couple of kernels, but given we will
> use a targeted config, things should go reasonably fast, and you have
> a clear idicator when things are 'bad'. As I understand every 7.1.y
> release was a problem, so looks we should bisect between v7.0 and v7.1
> (but if that understanding was wrong, then we should adapt the
> following procedure):
>
> git clone
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
> cd linux
> git checkout v7.0
> cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config
> yes '' | make localmodconfig
> make savedefconfig
> mv defconfig arch/x86/configs/my_defconfig
>
> # test 7.0 to ensure this is "good"
> make my_defconfig
> make -j $(nproc) bindeb-pkg
> ... install the resulting .deb package and confirm problem does not exist
>
> # test 7.1 to ensure this is "bad"
hi salvatore
your understanding is correct
i will try and build/test the kernels following your description asap
will i need any additional installation for this? it is a long time
since i compiled anything (+15 years)
--
Ole
