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Description of problem:
I did an everything install of Null on my new Dell P4 laptop. On the first bootup, I get the nice message:

Applying Intel IA32 Microcode update:                      [FAILED]

I guess that is because my Mobile Pentium 4 doesn't have an update for it in /etc/firmware/microcode.dat.

If this the case (no update exists), it shouldn't result in a failure message. This is confusing/frightening for the newbie sys admin.



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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Null on a new laptop with mobile Pentium 4.
2. Watch the pretty error message on boot.


Actual Results:  n/a

Expected Results:  n/a

Additional info:

tail /var/log/messages:
Aug 19 23:40:15 mentor microcode_ctl: microcode_ctl startup failed
Aug 19 23:40:15 mentor kernel: microcode: CPU0 no microcode found! (sig=f24, pflags=8)


# x86info
x86info v1.7.  Dave Jones 2001
Feedback to <davej@suse.de>.

Found 1 CPU
Family: 15 Model: 2 Stepping: 4 Type: 0 [Unknown CPU Original OEM]
Processor name string:        Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 Mobile CPU 1.90GHz