Re: Latest microcode data from Intel.

[Kurt Wall]

In a 1.5K blaze of typing glory, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> 
> > Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I have received and tested the latest microcode data file from Intel, The
> > > file is dated 2nd September 2004. You can download it both as standalone
> > > (bzip2-ed) text file and bundled with microcode_ctl utility from the
> > > Download section of the website:
> > > 
> > > http://urbanmyth.org/microcode/
> > > 
> > > Please let me know if you find any problems with this data file or with
> > > the Linux microcode driver. Thank you.
> > 
> > Why are you using /dev/cpu/microcode instead of /dev/cpu/N/microcode for 
> > each CPU? Today they are all the same device, but for the future I would 
> > think this was an obvious CYA.
> 
> I have two questions:
> 
> 1. What does "CYA" mean?

Cover Your Ass.

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Kurt
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