[CentOS] microcode_ctl

Fri Dec 1 10:31:24 UTC 2006
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

Denis Machard wrote:
> On vmware i have  i386 kernel and with HP server a x86_64 kernel 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wojtek.Pilorz [mailto:wpilorz at bdk.pl]
> Sent: mercredi 29 novembre 2006 12:33
> To: Denis Machard
> Cc: 'CentOS mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] microcode_ctl
> 
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Denis Machard wrote:
> 
>> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:42:20 +0100
>> From: Denis Machard <dmachard at fr.netcentrex.net>
>> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
>> To: 'CentOS mailing list' <centos at centos.org>
>> Subject: [CentOS] microcode_ctl
>>
>> i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers
>>  
>>  
>> on wmware, on boot i have the following message:
>>  
>> -----------------------------
>> Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode"
>> [OK]
>> -----------------------------
>>  
>> and on a HP proliant DL360 G5 server , on boot i have too the 
>> following
>> message:
>>  
>> -----------------------------
>> Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode"
>> etc/rc3.d/S00microcode_ctl: microcode device /dev/cpu/microcode 
>> doesn't exist?
>> [OK]
>> -----------------------------
>>  
> Do you have i686 kernel running (rather than i586) ?
> I had such message on Fedora Core 6 which installed i586 kernel on my PIII
> CPU.
> 
> Wojtek
> 
there is no i386 kernel in centos3 or 4. The default is i686, and we 
also provide an i586 kernel for people who are using older hardware.


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