error on microcode loader (on 2.6.18)
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Hello.
I've some difficult to understand the structure of the
debian kernels, so maybe this information is already old.
I would like to have in debian this fix:
" commit bd8e39f9e4c0960541c8c69e1f7cb321574d7c90
" Author: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
" Date: Wed Sep 27 01:50:54 2006 -0700
"
" [PATCH] x86 microcode: don't check the size
(or the same backported patch that is included
in 2.6.18.5 and in 2.6.16.50)
Newer Intel microcode files (since nearly one year)
have one single microcode that is smaller then the
default size, thus older kernel mishandle the
entire microcode file, giving an error to users.
I would like that this patch is also backported to
next update to etch. Unfortunately I didn't tested
microcode.ctl on etch with default kernel, so
etch users have an error until the upgrade the
kernel or download a new microcode file (without
the short microcodes, I think Intel will send me in
few days)
I'll try also to distribute the new microcode file in
proposed-update for etch.
For lenny: I'll try to be smarter and check the version
of the kernel, to see what microcode file should be
downloaded (full or short/workaround version) and
applied.
But I hope that before lenny release Intel will
finish also the work about the new infrastructure
(using the request_firmware).
ciao
cate
PS: Should I crate two bug report (to sid and etch) ?
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