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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 6cd6f24e122..943667050da 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -986,25 +986,25 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS Say N otherwise. config MICROCODE - tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support" + tristate "CPU microcode loading support" select FW_LOADER ---help--- + If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on certain Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the - IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, - Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The AMD support is for family 0x10 and - 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra. - You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself - which is not shipped with the Linux kernel. + IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, + Xeon etc. The AMD support is for families 0x10 and later. You will + obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself which is not + shipped with the Linux kernel. This option selects the general module only, you need to select at least one vendor specific module as well. - To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the - module will be called microcode. + To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module + will be called microcode. config MICROCODE_INTEL - bool "Intel microcode patch loading support" + bool "Intel microcode loading support" depends on MICROCODE default MICROCODE select FW_LOADER @@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ config MICROCODE_INTEL <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>. config MICROCODE_AMD - bool "AMD microcode patch loading support" + bool "AMD microcode loading support" depends on MICROCODE select FW_LOADER ---help--- |