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authorAndrzej Telszewski <atelszewski@gmail.com>2014-08-09 07:40:47 +0700
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2014-08-09 07:42:01 +0700
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downloadslackbuilds-e8820ecb160a28e96f1e074f2f845eed643eba48.tar.gz
system/microcode_ctl: Update README.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts
back to the old microcode.
To use this utility you need to compile the kernel driver (found under
-"Processor type and features"). The microcode itself can be found at
+"Processor type and features"). The microcode itself can be found at
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx and should be placed under
-/lib/firmware/microcode.dat.
+/lib/firmware/microcode.dat. Alternatively (or preferably) you can use
+the *intel-microcode* SlackBuild available at slackbuilds.org to prepare
+the microcode package to be readily used with the microcode_ctl utility.
To have the microcode updated each time at boot, start the included
init script from /etc/rc.d/rc.local: