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Installed last night's Slackware64 14.2 updates, SBo intel-microcode ( 20170707 ) and linux-4.4.77 on my work Laptop.
All is well on my Laptop with the 4.4.77 GENERIC and HUGE Kernels along with the intel-microcode update.
Note that there was no update for my CPU ( the Intel i7-6700K is still on the oxba microcode version )
Code:
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 94
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz
stepping : 3
microcode : 0xba
-- kjh
These are my lilo entries:
Code:
image = /boot/vmlinuz-huge-4.4.77.kjh
root = /dev/sda3
initrd = /boot/intel-ucode.cpio
label = Linux4477H.kjh
read-only
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-4.4.77.kjh
root = /dev/sda3
initrd = /boot/initrd-generic-4.4.77.kjh-ucode.gz
label = Linux4477G.kjh
read-only
This is a dmesg summary for the 4.4.77.kjh GENERIC Kernel
Code:
[ 0.000000] microcode: CPU0 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux4477G.kjh ro root=803 vt.default_utf8=0 elevator=noop ipv6.disable=1
[ 0.043426] microcode: CPU1 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.047779] microcode: CPU2 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.052125] microcode: CPU3 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 6.838226] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.861841] microcode: CPU1 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.884874] microcode: CPU2 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.907470] microcode: CPU3 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.929792] microcode: CPU4 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.951792] microcode: CPU5 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.973201] microcode: CPU6 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 6.994074] microcode: CPU7 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.014943] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.01 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[ 31.677744] userif-0: sent link up event.
This is the same dmesg summary for 4.4.77 HUGE:
Code:
[ 0.000000] microcode: CPU0 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux4477H.kjh ro root=803 vt.default_utf8=0 elevator=noop ipv6.disable=1
[ 0.046611] microcode: CPU1 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.050945] microcode: CPU2 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 0.055290] microcode: CPU3 microcode updated early to revision 0xba, date = 2017-04-09
[ 7.088408] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.110357] microcode: CPU1 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.131720] microcode: CPU2 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.152599] microcode: CPU3 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.173218] microcode: CPU4 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.193482] microcode: CPU5 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.213238] microcode: CPU6 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.232474] microcode: CPU7 sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xba
[ 7.251480] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.01 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[ 29.555895] userif-0: sent link up event.
Note for 55020: when all is said and done, for me and mine, HUGE boots faster to the init 3 login prompt than GENERIC on my SSD-equipped Laptop ( YMMV ) ...
This is the command I used to grep out the dmesg lines ( the userif-0 lines are the last lines before the login prompt appears on my Laptop )
Code:
( dmesg |grep -e 'Command line' -e microcode ; dmesg |grep -- userif-0 |tail -1 ; )
