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Intel IA32 Microcode Update Utility - Default branch

Section: Unix

Added: Sat, Jun 10th 2000 13:54 UTC (8 years, 5 months ago)

Updated: Thu, Jun 29th 2006 13:55 UTC (2 years, 4 months ago)

About:
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the Linux IA32 microcode driver present in recent kernels (2.2.18+ / 2.4.x / 2.6.x). It decodes and sends new microcode to the kernel driver to be uploaded to Intel IA32 family processors.

Author:
Simon Trimmer [contact developer]

Homepage:
http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/microcode_ctl-1.14.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/Changelog
RPM package:
http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/

Trove categories: [change]
[Development Status] 5 - Production/Stable
[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System] POSIX :: Linux
[Topic] System :: Boot, System :: Networking :: Monitoring :: Hardware Watchdog

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

Project admins: [change]
» Simon Trimmer (Owner)

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Comments

[»] Any way to tell what chips are updated?
by bconway - Aug 12th 2004 10:25:31

Even if we can't get a changelog, is there anyway to tell which chips are included in the changelog and what version of the firmware you have without installing and updating?

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