Re: [arch-releng] [RFC] [PATCH] [configs/releng] Make and use amd_ucode.bin for initrd.

[Christian Hesse]

"Bryan L. Gay" <archli...@bryangay.com> on Fri, 2018/08/24 22:24:
> Well, fudge.
> 
> I see now that I needed to update GRUB so that it would put the microcode
> in the kernel boot config:
> 
> grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
> 
> To now see:
> initrd  /intel-ucode.img /amd-ucode.img /initramfs-linux.img
> 
> in the grub.cfg
> 
> Without this manual step, simply installing the amd-ucode doesn't take
> effect. Duh.
> 
> Interesting part of dmesg output is now:
> 
> [    2.055382] microcode: microcode updated early to new
> patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055412] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055420] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055428] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055435] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055443] microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055451] microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055456] microcode: CPU6: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055462] microcode: CPU7: patch_level=0x0600063e
> [    2.055503] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
> [    2.422079] QUIRK: Enable AMD PLL fix
> 
> So, I guess that answers the question sought after.

That looks good. Thanks a lot for testing!
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