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Bug 916546

Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel-4.3.8: Required kernel option 'CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD' which genkernel tried to set is missing!
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Craig Andrews <candrews>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers <genkernel>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: candrews, captaincrutches, mackal.cook, mail
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---

Description Craig Andrews gentoo-dev 2023-10-30 21:20:44 UTC
CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD was removed in Linux 6.6.0

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-x86-microcode
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230828122533.GBZOySPQIjw25NiUqI@fat_crate.local/

genkernel still requires it though.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Alex Buell 2023-10-31 09:16:04 UTC
See https://bugs.gentoo.org/913659 for a quick and dirty patch for genkernel 4.3.8.
Comment 2 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-10-31 09:50:51 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 913659 ***