[coreboot] Microcode question ?

[Riko Ho]

Ok, it means, I need to use microcode for LGA775 otherwise it will not 
work, please correct me ?

On 20/10/2016 1:51 AM, ron minnich wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 9:36 AM Vasilief <vazopadry at gmail.com 
> <mailto:vazopadry at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 10/18/2016 10:31 AM, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>     > * Riko Ho <antonius.riko at gmail.com
>     <mailto:antonius.riko at gmail.com>> [161017 02:18]:
>     >> Is it ok if I'm not including microcode updates ?
>     >
>     > It might, or might not. On the i945/946 it probably is ok. A lot of
>     > modern CPUs can't boot successfully anymore without loading
>     microcode.
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>     Most modern ARM, MIPS, and AVR CPUs can.
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> OK, then, although Stefan's meaning is pretty obvious, we can say it 
> this way: For those CPUs that have microcode, many can not boot 
> successfully without loading up to date microcode. For those CPUs that 
> don't have microcode, this question won't appear in the menuconfig.
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> Therefore, if you see this question, you have a CPU with microcode. In 
> many cases, if you say no, you may see troubles with your hardware. In 
> some rare cases the CPU can't even configure memory correctly.
>
> I hope that's sufficiently clear?
>
> ron
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