Re: kernel/microcode.c error from new 64bit code

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

It turns out wrmsr64() and rdmsr64() is already in the code, except 
they're called wrmsrl() and rdmsrl().

So I'd suggest the following:

Index: microcode.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/hpa/kernel/bkcvs/linux-2.5/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.27 microcode.c
--- microcode.c 19 Feb 2004 04:48:45 -0000      1.27
+++ microcode.c 22 Feb 2004 20:40:30 -0000
@@ -371,9 +371,8 @@
         spin_lock_irqsave(&microcode_update_lock, flags);

         /* write microcode via MSR 0x79 */
-       wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE,
-               (unsigned long) uci->mc->bits,
-               (unsigned long) uci->mc->bits >> 16 >> 16);
+       /* Note: unsigned long is 32 bits on i386, 64 bits on x86-64 */
+       wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_UCODE_WRITE, (unsigned long) uci->mc->bits);
         wrmsr(MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV, 0, 0);

         __asm__ __volatile__ ("cpuid" : : : "ax", "bx", "cx", "dx");