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#1 2012-03-11 20:11:28

stiffy420
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Registered: 2009-12-11
Posts: 99

Microcode with an AMD CPU

i get "ERROR: could not insert 'microcode': Invalid argument" when using modprobe microcode.

i followed these steps for installing:

  # cd /tmp
  # tar xf /path/to/amd-ucode-2011-01-11.tar
  # mkdir -p  /lib/firmware/amd-ucode
  # mv amd-ucode-2011-01-11/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin /lib/firmware/amd-ucode
  # modprobe -r microcode
  # modprobe microcode

output from lscpu

Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             AuthenticAMD
CPU family:            15
Model:                 104
Stepping:              2
CPU MHz:               800.000
BogoMIPS:              1607.08
Virtualization:        AMD-V
L1d cache:             64K
L1i cache:             64K
L2 cache:              512K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,1

am i missing something?

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#2 2012-03-11 20:36:03

ewaller
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From: Pasadena, CA
Registered: 2009-07-13
Posts: 19,739

Re: Microcode with an AMD CPU

Thanks for the repost, I appreciate  it.
For reference to other members, this thread is continued from https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=129270


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#3 2012-03-12 13:00:53

stiffy420
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Registered: 2009-12-11
Posts: 99

Re: Microcode with an AMD CPU

thanks ewaller. i wasnt sure if i could post in a thread that was solved.

accordning to this page: http://www.amd64.org/support/microcode.html cpus in family 15 is supported, and i copied the separate container file as stated.

but i get this :

[ 3252.930950] microcode: CPU0: family 15 not supported
[ 3275.105331] microcode: CPU0: family 15 not supported
[ 4108.028643] microcode: CPU0: family 15 not supported

when i use "dmesg | grep microcode"

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