i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers on wmware, on boot i have the following message: ----------------------------- Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" [OK] ----------------------------- and on a HP proliant DL360 G5 server , on boot i have too the following message: ----------------------------- Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" etc/rc3.d/S00microcode_ctl: microcode device /dev/cpu/microcode doesn't exist? [OK] ----------------------------- Why this message, warning ? Denis MACHARD <mailto:d at enst-bretagne.fr> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061129/21b283b1/attachment-0002.html>
On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Denis Machard wrote:> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:42:20 +0100 > From: Denis Machard <dmachard at fr.netcentrex.net> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > To: 'CentOS mailing list' <centos at centos.org> > Subject: [CentOS] microcode_ctl > > i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers > > > on wmware, on boot i have the following message: > > ----------------------------- > Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" > [OK] > ----------------------------- > > and on a HP proliant DL360 G5 server , on boot i have too the following > message: > > ----------------------------- > Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" > etc/rc3.d/S00microcode_ctl: microcode device /dev/cpu/microcode doesn't > exist? > [OK] > ----------------------------- >Do you have i686 kernel running (rather than i586) ? I had such message on Fedora Core 6 which installed i586 kernel on my PIII CPU. Wojtek -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On vmware i have i386 kernel and with HP server a x86_64 kernel -----Original Message----- From: Wojtek.Pilorz [mailto:wpilorz at bdk.pl] Sent: mercredi 29 novembre 2006 12:33 To: Denis Machard Cc: 'CentOS mailing list' Subject: Re: [CentOS] microcode_ctl On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Denis Machard wrote:> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:42:20 +0100 > From: Denis Machard <dmachard at fr.netcentrex.net> > Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > To: 'CentOS mailing list' <centos at centos.org> > Subject: [CentOS] microcode_ctl > > i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers > > > on wmware, on boot i have the following message: > > ----------------------------- > Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" > [OK] > ----------------------------- > > and on a HP proliant DL360 G5 server , on boot i have too the > following > message: > > ----------------------------- > Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" > etc/rc3.d/S00microcode_ctl: microcode device /dev/cpu/microcode > doesn't exist? > [OK] > ----------------------------- >Do you have i686 kernel running (rather than i586) ? I had such message on Fedora Core 6 which installed i586 kernel on my PIII CPU. Wojtek
On Wednesday 29 November 2006 11:42, Denis Machard wrote:> i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers > > on wmware, on boot i have the following message: > > ----------------------------- > Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" > [OK] > -----------------------------microcode_ctl is seldom needed, just turn it off and rely on your bios to properly update your CPUs. /Peter -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20061201/bffae846/attachment-0001.sig>
Denis Machard wrote:> On vmware i have i386 kernel and with HP server a x86_64 kernel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wojtek.Pilorz [mailto:wpilorz at bdk.pl] > Sent: mercredi 29 novembre 2006 12:33 > To: Denis Machard > Cc: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] microcode_ctl > > On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Denis Machard wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:42:20 +0100 >> From: Denis Machard <dmachard at fr.netcentrex.net> >> Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> To: 'CentOS mailing list' <centos at centos.org> >> Subject: [CentOS] microcode_ctl >> >> i'm running on vmware system and HP proliant DL360 G5 servers >> >> >> on wmware, on boot i have the following message: >> >> ----------------------------- >> Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" >> [OK] >> ----------------------------- >> >> and on a HP proliant DL360 G5 server , on boot i have too the >> following >> message: >> >> ----------------------------- >> Applying Intel Microcode update: don't know to make device "cpu/microcode" >> etc/rc3.d/S00microcode_ctl: microcode device /dev/cpu/microcode >> doesn't exist? >> [OK] >> ----------------------------- >> > Do you have i686 kernel running (rather than i586) ? > I had such message on Fedora Core 6 which installed i586 kernel on my PIII > CPU. > > Wojtek >there is no i386 kernel in centos3 or 4. The default is i686, and we also provide an i586 kernel for people who are using older hardware. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
> microcode_ctl is seldom needed, just turn it off and rely on your bios to > properly update your CPUs. >and make sure your BIOS is updated and knows about your specific CPU ... AFAIK, this is mostly a Intel thing. If you look up the 'sspec' of your CPU in the specification updates on http://developer.intel.com, I believe it will describe what specific fixes were applied. some are trivial, some serious.