Subject: Re: microcode driver for ia-32
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/09/2004 00:04:22
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 04:13:58PM +0100, phlox wrote:
> I'm developing a character device driver for NetBSD that will allow the
> microcode update in the IA-32 architecture
Could you give a management summary for non IA-32 aware people like me?
What kind of "microcode update" will this driver perform? Are there any
that I should care about downloadable somewhere? They don't come as a
standalone binary but need a running OS?
Martin