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diff --git a/system/iucode_tool/README b/system/iucode_tool/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f3cc2564fe --- /dev/null +++ b/system/iucode_tool/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +iucode_tool is a program to manipulate Intel i686 and X86-64 +processor microcode update collections, and to use the kernel +facilities to update the microcode on Intel system processors. + +It can load microcode data files in text and binary format, sort, +list, and filter the microcode updates contained in these files, +write selected microcode updates to a new file in binary format, or +upload them to the kernel. + +It can also package microcode into an initramfs that can be used as is +or prepended onto an existing initramfs for use with the kernel early +microcode loader. |