Package : microcode_ctl
Package details
Summary: Intel / AMD CPU Microcode Utility
Description:
Since PentiumPro, Intel CPU are made of a RISC chip and of a microcode whose
purpose is to decompose "old" ia32 instruction into new RISC ones.
P6 family is concerned: PPro, PII, Celeron, PIII, Celeron2, Core 2, ...
Recent kernels have the ability to update this microcode.
The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system
boot, i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently.
Reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode.
This package also support updating latest AMD CPU microcode.
URL: http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/
License: GPLv2
Maintainer: nobody
Description:
Since PentiumPro, Intel CPU are made of a RISC chip and of a microcode whose
purpose is to decompose "old" ia32 instruction into new RISC ones.
P6 family is concerned: PPro, PII, Celeron, PIII, Celeron2, Core 2, ...
Recent kernels have the ability to update this microcode.
The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system
boot, i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently.
Reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode.
This package also support updating latest AMD CPU microcode.
URL: http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/
License: GPLv2
Maintainer: nobody
List of RPMs
- microcode_ctl-1.17-13.1.mga2.src.rpm (Mageia 2, i586 media, core-updates)
- microcode_ctl-1.17-13.mga1.src.rpm (Mageia 2, i586 media, core-release)