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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 12:21:24 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:38:08 -0400 |
| commit | b99664423824d7942ba58085fa4c5d3bcb240f47 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b167065bac12560faccea1754568d189da4d528 /system/microcode_ctl | |
| parent | 1cb4250acb0fffebfec29149f6dd7e33b57695f4 (diff) | |
system/microcode_ctl: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/microcode_ctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/microcode_ctl/README | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/system/microcode_ctl/README b/system/microcode_ctl/README index 5f9c737985ce..d83b367ee305 100644 --- a/system/microcode_ctl/README +++ b/system/microcode_ctl/README @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ Intel Microcode Update Utility for Linux -The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the IA32 microcode driver written -by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>. The utility has two uses: +The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the IA32 microcode driver +written by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>. The utility +has two uses: * It decodes and sends new microcode to the kernel driver to be uploaded - to Intel IA32 processors. (Pentium Pro, PII, PIII, Pentium 4, Celeron, - Xeon etc - all P6 and above, which does NOT include pentium classics). - It also supports processors of the x86_64 architecture. + to Intel IA32 processors. (Pentium Pro, PII, PIII, Pentium 4, Celeron, + Xeon etc - all P6 and above, which does NOT include pentium classics). + It also supports processors of the x86_64 architecture. * It signals the kernel driver to release any buffers it may hold. The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system |