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| author | Andrzej Telszewski <atelszewski@gmail.com> | 2014-08-09 07:40:47 +0700 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2014-08-09 07:42:01 +0700 |
| commit | e8820ecb160a28e96f1e074f2f845eed643eba48 (patch) | |
| tree | d0030ac279c7705e1b2409cf83f04c1e2915219d /system/microcode_ctl | |
| parent | 1dfe045b6415e0d29ba509a33457afe2a234a3ae (diff) | |
system/microcode_ctl: Update README.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'system/microcode_ctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | system/microcode_ctl/README | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/system/microcode_ctl/README b/system/microcode_ctl/README index 75dfb01cedec..5f9c737985ce 100644 --- a/system/microcode_ctl/README +++ b/system/microcode_ctl/README @@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode. To use this utility you need to compile the kernel driver (found under -"Processor type and features"). The microcode itself can be found at +"Processor type and features"). The microcode itself can be found at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx and should be placed under -/lib/firmware/microcode.dat. +/lib/firmware/microcode.dat. Alternatively (or preferably) you can use +the *intel-microcode* SlackBuild available at slackbuilds.org to prepare +the microcode package to be readily used with the microcode_ctl utility. To have the microcode updated each time at boot, start the included init script from /etc/rc.d/rc.local: |