ports/169628: sysutils/devcpu-data

[Volodymyr Kostyrko]

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From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr at gmail.com>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: ports/169628: sysutils/devcpu-data
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:38:21 +0300

 Hi all.
 
 Sorry, missed that at first glance. It actually looks like CPU should be 
 patched only once because if you reboot it without turning system off 
 next run shows that nothing should be done.
 
 There's also no sentence or link directly mentioning or referring to 
 microcode update process. Maybe we should include at least one (in 
 files/pkg-message.in I suppose)?
 
 Probably like this:
 
 ===> IMPORTANT NOTE:
 
 To set up microcode updates you need to alter one of the following:
    /etc/rc.conf
    /etc/rc.conf.local
 
 Add the following line to enable:
    microcode_update_enable="YES"
 
 You can see this file for a full option list:
    %%LOCALBASE%%/etc/rc.d/microcode_update
 
 Note that any changes to CPU microcodes are temporary and would wear off 
 on cold reboot. You can consult 
 https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/microcode for a complete description.
 
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