Comment 760 for bug 1690085

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In , belliash (belliash-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

(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.
> >
> > It has arrived on my Asus PRIME B350M days ago, I have upgraded and kept
> > default optimised BIOS settings. When I used ZenState to check cpu status,
> > the C6 state is now:
> >
> > C6 State - Package - Enabled
> > C6 State - Core - Disabled
> >
> > Previously they were all enabled, I guessed the new AGESA release finally
> > solved this problem from source? I will report back days later to see if
> the
> > system still hangs.
>
> 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.
>
> $ strings 1\ --\ 1\ OptiPlex\ System\ BIOS\ v1.1.20.bin | grep -A1 AGESA!
> %pAGESA!V9
> SummitPI-AM4 1.0.0.7a
>
> [1]:
> https://www.dell.com/support/home/de-de/drivers/
> driversdetails?driverid=w6mw5&oscode=wt64a&productcode=optiplex-5055-ryzen-
> cpu
> [2]: https://github.com/platomav/BIOSUtilities

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