Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:59:44 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> To: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] AMD cpu microcode update port sysutils/devcpu-data D13832 Message-ID: <bf543ecc-b0e4-6e47-057e-3f41bb89f687@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <dc85c41d-2987-ac93-1e01-cf9fec833703@gwdg.de> References: <dc163730-5995-3c71-92d7-a926f0da6806@freebsd.org> <dc85c41d-2987-ac93-1e01-cf9fec833703@gwdg.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --b2204dL4EI1tE62nxZTMQQt4neysotUYY Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="L3AVSkCm3WAYEwLetkjtVL04Sac3AzmT3"; protected-headers="v1" From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> To: Rainer Hurling <rhurlin@gwdg.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <bf543ecc-b0e4-6e47-057e-3f41bb89f687@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] AMD cpu microcode update port sysutils/devcpu-data D13832 References: <dc163730-5995-3c71-92d7-a926f0da6806@freebsd.org> <dc85c41d-2987-ac93-1e01-cf9fec833703@gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <dc85c41d-2987-ac93-1e01-cf9fec833703@gwdg.de> --L3AVSkCm3WAYEwLetkjtVL04Sac3AzmT3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/12/18 04:49, Rainer Hurling wrote: > Am 12.01.2018 um 00:03 schrieb Sean Bruno: >> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13832 <--- test this update >> >> I'd like to get some feedback from AMD cpu users on this update. I've= >> restructured and undone a few things that may have been keeping folks >> using this port from getting their runtime cpu microcode updates. >> >> After installing the port, grab your microcode version via >> sysutils/x86info. If you don't see an update, that only means there i= s >> no update available for your system. >> >> x86info -a | grep Microcode >> >> Run the microcode_update and repeat. Check /var/log/messages for a >> notification that the code was updated. You should be able to get >> something like the following for your system if it executed an update:= >> >> root@lab:/home/sbruno # x86info -a | grep "CPU Model" >> CPU Model (x86info's best guess): AMD FX Series Processor (OR-B2) >> >> root@lab:/home/sbruno # x86info -a | grep Microcode >> Microcode patch level: 0x6000629 >> >> root@lab:/home/sbruno # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/microcode_update onestart >> Updating CPU Microcode... >> Done. >> >> root@lab:/home/sbruno # x86info -a | grep Microcode >> Microcode patch level: 0x600063d >> >> root@lab:/home/sbruno # grep microcode_update /var/log/messages >> Jan 10 16:52:26 lab microcode_update: >> /usr/local/share/cpucontrol/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin: updating cpu >> /dev/cpuctl0 to revision 0x600063d... done. >> >=20 > Just for the record, for an older Phenom with dmesg: >=20 > CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor (3214.31-MHz K8-class CPU) > Origin=3D"AuthenticAMD" Id=3D0x100fa0 Family=3D0x10 Model=3D0xa S= tepping=3D0 > Features=3D0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,= PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT> > Features2=3D0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,POPCNT> > AMD > Features=3D0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3= DNow!> > AMD > Features2=3D0x37ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW= ,IBS,SKINIT,WDT> > SVM: NP,NRIP,NAsids=3D64 > TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics >=20 >=20 > #x86info -a | grep "CPU Model" > CPU Model (x86info's best guess): Phenom/Athlon/Sempron/Turion > (II)/Opteron (PH-E0) >=20 > #x86info -a | grep Microcode > Microcode patch level: 0x10000bf >=20 > #/usr/local/etc/rc.d/microcode_update onestart > Updating CPU Microcode... > Done. >=20 > #x86info -a | grep Microcode > Microcode patch level: 0x10000bf >=20 > #grep microcode_update /var/log/messages > --- >=20 > So no recent update and no log messages, as expected ;) >=20 > Regards, > Rainer Hurling >=20 Thank you! sean --L3AVSkCm3WAYEwLetkjtVL04Sac3AzmT3-- --b2204dL4EI1tE62nxZTMQQt4neysotUYY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAEBCgB9FiEE6MTp+IA1BOHj9Lo0veT1/om1/LYFAlpY6YBfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEU4 QzRFOUY4ODAzNTA0RTFFM0Y0QkEzNEJERTRGNUZFODlCNUZDQjYACgkQveT1/om1 /LaaNQf8DLzajcjMM7i7BlAveTQ5QWaLbTe7aHwORf2eJleIW7swodXQ4V3AKelh Ympdx8dNY9TbPZ74CBjaniu18rzpGMQResvBUiEb45iQGP3WLjrkYq+t0a5DD2mR QBZZQEmHWnkp45i7VA+CQt9wehdT4qW9yq+uv18mBANHhymVdOWi4+DoAAaqupWO 6R5lkJbt1hQHRT4jsGKKtnDsBqf5SeLTlJ8HJ6vJIuk3FS/F0J/MLiqzO/KB7lxi vpI1FA4u+/wM+uVlHQp55aa9mZnCPC/brQ/P5malKKpuTRLGTK8p0TUuf6oI/1E1 QYl+bp/giWcdEEqXT1mgizEU+e565A== =31zV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --b2204dL4EI1tE62nxZTMQQt4neysotUYY--
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