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tremon on July 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Zenbleed

Linux can (and does) apply microcode patches during kernel boot.

kzrdude on July 24, 2023 | [–]

for example use journalctl -k -g microcode to see log messages related to this: (intel cpu, so revision does not relate to anything AMD)

> microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xa6, date = 2022-06-28

naikrovek on July 25, 2023 | [–]

oh.

every time I think I'm right, I'm wrong, and every time I think I'm wrong, I'm right.

except here. I'm always wrong, here.

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