CPU microcode reported wrong in /proc/cpuinfo

Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] lavr@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Wed Jun 10 15:34:58 GMT 2020


> also have to look for Update Signature

It's Windows 7 here (Windows 10 uses newer registry key names, with the word "Revision" in them, instead).

> Could you please run:

$ head /proc/version
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-7601 version 3.1.4-340.x86_64 (corinna@calimero) (gcc version 7.4.0 20181206 (Fedora Cygwin 7.4.0-1) (GCC) ) 2020-02-19 08:49 UTC

$ regtool list -v "/proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows NT/CurrentVersion/" | fgrep =
CurrentVersion (REG_SZ) = "6.1"
CurrentBuild (REG_SZ) = "7601"
SoftwareType (REG_SZ) = "System"
CurrentType (REG_SZ) = "Multiprocessor Free"
InstallDate (REG_DWORD) = 0x54373393 (1412903827)
RegisteredOrganization (REG_SZ) = ""
RegisteredOwner (REG_SZ) = "ANTON"
SystemRoot (REG_SZ) = "C:\Windows"
InstallationType (REG_SZ) = "Client"
EditionID (REG_SZ) = "HomePremium"
ProductName (REG_SZ) = "Windows 7 Home Premium"
ProductId (REG_SZ) = "00359-OEM-8702121-81656"
DigitalProductId (REG_BINARY) = a4 00 00 00 03 00 00 00
DigitalProductId4 (REG_BINARY) = f8 04 00 00 04 00 00 00
CurrentBuildNumber (REG_SZ) = "7601"
BuildLab (REG_SZ) = "7601.win7sp1_ldr_escrow.200102-1707"
BuildLabEx (REG_SZ) = "7601.24545.amd64fre.win7sp1_ldr_escrow.200102-1707"
BuildGUID (REG_SZ) = "3b42db76-c1db-4ecd-8368-b2e532306b4a"
CSDBuildNumber (REG_SZ) = "1130"
PathName (REG_SZ) = "C:\Windows"
CSDVersion (REG_SZ) = "Service Pack 1"
UBR (REG_DWORD) = 0x00005fe2 (24546)

$ regtool list -v /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HARDWARE/DESCRIPTION/System/CentralProcessor/0/
Component Information (REG_BINARY) = 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Identifier (REG_SZ) = "Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10"
Configuration Data (REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR) = ?
ProcessorNameString (REG_SZ) = "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5470  @ 3.33GHz"
VendorIdentifier (REG_SZ) = "GenuineIntel"
FeatureSet (REG_DWORD) = 0x215b3ffe (559628286)
~MHz (REG_DWORD) = 0x00000d04 (3332)
Update Signature (REG_BINARY) = 00 00 00 00 0e 0a 00 00
Update Status (REG_DWORD) = 0x00000007 (7)
Previous Update Signature (REG_BINARY) = 00 00 00 00 0e 0a 00 00
Platform ID (REG_DWORD) = 0x00000040 (64)

P.S. I have since updated the microcode to version 0xA0E (from 0xA0B that used to show in my last email).


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