On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Brian Hall wrote:
> > >
> > > > Perhaps this is a stupid question, but does this utility also update the
> > > > Celeron CPU?
> > >
> > > someone asked me the same thing a few minutes ago on
> > > irc.openprojects.net/#kernelnewbies - the answer is - in theory yes, but I
> > > don't have Celerons so, please try it and let me know what happens.
> >
> > Is there a description somewhere of what the microcode update actually
> > _does_? Bugfix? Features? Errata?
> >
>
> you could try locating this info by searching developer.intel.com
> diligently. In the meantime, I will ask Intel people and see what they
> say.
>
> Regards,
> Tigran
Check the 'Specification Update' in developer.intel.com:
http://developer.intel.com/design/pro/specupdt/ (For PentiumPro)
In the list Bugs (Intel call it Errata), if you find: 'workaround: BIOS'
, it means that the last microcode (normally loaded by BIOS) will correct
the bug.
giacomo
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