AW: Early microcode not being loaded

2014-09-01 Thread Conrad Kostecki
> That file is way too big. In fact, it is exactly the size of the newest > ".dat" file from Intel. The kernel doesn't grok that text format, the > microcode updates have to be converted to binary format, first. > I suggest you use "iucode_tool -S --write-earlyfw=ucode.cpio" to generate > you

AW: Early microcode not being loaded

2014-09-01 Thread Conrad Kostecki
> Hi! > I'am trying to use the feature of loading early an intel microcode. > According to the documentation (early-microcode.txt) that should be possible. > > I am currently using my own initrd, so I've created a second one, as the docs > specified and merged it with my own. > > Galactica linux #

AW: Early microcode not being loaded

2014-07-18 Thread Conrad Kostecki
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 08:40:42PM +, Conrad Kostecki wrote: > > Where is the problem? Why is the microcode not being loaded early? > > CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY=y set in .config? Yes! Galactica tmp # grep -i microcode /boot/config-3.15.5 CONFIG_MICROCODE=y CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=y # CO