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diff --git a/content/gentoo-kernel-upgrade.md b/content/gentoo-kernel-upgrade.md index 203d6f2..c806c31 100644 --- a/content/gentoo-kernel-upgrade.md +++ b/content/gentoo-kernel-upgrade.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ +++ title = "Gentoo kernel upgrade" +summary = "Little howto on updating the kernel in a Gentoo system" +++ ## Preliminary steps @@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ make menuconfig Manually editing the `.config` file is highly discouraged. {{< /note >}} - ## Building Once you finished setting your configuration, you can build your kernel with make. @@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ Firstly, install the microcode firmware and the tool to manage it. emerge sys-firmware/intel-microcode ``` -Use the newly installed iucode_tool to get the processor signature and search a microcode bundle with a matching signature. +Use the newly installed `iucode_tool` to get the processor signature and search a microcode bundle with a matching signature. ```sh {class="cmd-root"} iucode_tool -S iucode_tool -S -l /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/* ``` -Enable in the kernel configuration the microcode loading features. Then, add in the Firmware loading facility the microcode +Enable in the kernel configuration the microcode loading features. Then, add in the `Firmware loading facility` the microcode bundle found before as a named firmware blob. After building the kernel, you can easily verify after the boot that the microcode is loaded with dmesg. |