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diff --git a/system/microcode_ctl/slack-desc b/system/microcode_ctl/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..6c381e85dc4e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/microcode_ctl/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +microcode_ctl: microcode_ctl (microcode update utility) +microcode_ctl: +microcode_ctl: The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the IA32 microcode driver +microcode_ctl: written by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>. The utility +microcode_ctl: has two uses: +microcode_ctl: - it decodes and sends new microcode to the kernel driver to be +microcode_ctl: uploaded to Intel IA32 processors +microcode_ctl: - it signals the kernel driver to release any buffers it may hold +microcode_ctl: +microcode_ctl: +microcode_ctl: http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/ |