Comment 761 for bug 1690085

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In , pmenzel+bugzilla.kernel.org (pmenzel+bugzilla.kernel.org-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

(In reply to Rafal Kupiec from comment #675)
> (In reply to Paul Menzel from comment #674)
> > (In reply to Charles Lim from comment #673)
> >
> > > For those who are looking for a solution or already found a solution,
> there
> > > is a new update of AGESA rolling out. The new version 1.0.0.4 claims:
> > >
> > > * Improved system stability when switching through ACPI power states.

[…]

> > Are you sure about the AGESA version string? For the Dell OptiPlex 5055,
> > firmware version 1.1.20 [1], running it through *Dell PFS BIOS Extractor*,
> > and then grepping for `AGESA!` in the strings/hexdump, it says it includes
> > AGESA version 1.0.0.7a.

[…]

> 1.0.0.7a is for Zen+
> 1.0.0.4 is for Zen2.
>
> AMD resets versioning every new CPU generation. 1.0.0.4 is newer than 1.0.0.7

Thank you for the clarification. Though I am confused now, as I thought you could use Zen2 devices in “Zen+ boards” (boards original for Zen+). So, AGESA 1.0.0.4 for Zen2 also support the predecessor generation?