On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Denis Machard wrote: > > On vmware i have i386 kernel and with HP server a x86_64 kernel > > > 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 > So i386 kernel does not create /dev/cpu/microcode as far as I know. I do not know about x86_64 kernel, but file /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.9/Documentation/Changes describes /dev/cpu/microcode under title 'Intel IA32 microcode'. Also, it says that if udev is not used, you might need to make mkdir, mknod and chmod for the device. Wojtek