linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode, AMD: Add support for family 16h processors

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Message-ID: <20121117144117.GD16441@x1.osrc.amd.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:41:17 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Gene Heskett <gheskett@...v.com>
Cc:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@....com>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	herrmann.der.user@...glemail.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode, AMD: Add support for family 16h
 processors

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 06:35:17PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> One possibility is that BIOS already incorporated all patches (which
> typically is the case) and so the driver doesn't have to do anything.

/proc/cpuinfo contains ucode version and the processor's f/m/s, which
is enough information to tell us whether your old phenom needs ucode
patching.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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