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Bug 71188 - /etc/conf.d/microcode_ctl: MICROCODE_DEV="/dev/cpu/microcode" not MICROCODE_DEV="/dev/microcode"
Summary: /etc/conf.d/microcode_ctl: MICROCODE_DEV="/dev/cpu/microcode" not MICROCODE_D...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2004-11-14 11:51 UTC by Lars Hesdorf
Modified: 2004-11-21 17:46 UTC (History)
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Description Lars Hesdorf 2004-11-14 11:51:51 UTC 
After upgrading to microcode_ctl 1.11, I had to change 

/etc/conf.d/microcode_ctl:
##MICROCODE_DEV="/dev/microcode"
MICROCODE_DEV="/dev/cpu/microcode"



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Reboot without the changes
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
It works OK again.  


 
Also "emerge -pv --newuse --deep world" did not catch that microcode_ctl 1.11 
was ready still was on 1.08.
Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2004-11-21 17:46:54 UTC 
the reason the conf.d file exists is so that you can set the device to whatever exists on your system

some systems have /dev/microcode (like mine) while others dont (like yours)