<quote who="Chris Barnes"> > I checked the help for this feature but it doesn't explain what > microcode is. I went to the web site it refered to > (http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/) but that doesn't explain what > microcode is either, it only explains how it works with the kernel. >
Microcode is one of the steps in decoding machine language instructions for execution by your CPU. Some cpus support microcode uploads, which allow them to accept updated microcode tables, fixing bugs in the CPU behaviour, tweaking performance. It makes no difference whether you enable it or not, unless you also fetch updated microcode files and insert them. All the kernel option does is provide a device in /dev which can be used for uploading such binaries to the CPU. Cheers, J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants Pants. Lovely Pants, wonderful Pa-ants. Lovely Pants, wonderful Pa-ants. (Shut up! Bloody Vikings.) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
