It's the GuC and HuC firmware. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel#GuC.2FHuC_firm... | Hacker News

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cogman10 23 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Frame – Linux X server in Assembly

It's the GuC and HuC firmware.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Intel#GuC.2FHuC_firmware

exe34 23 days ago [–]

Thanks! Aha this is for gen 9ish onwards, my GPU is gen 3.

lproven 23 days ago | [–]

Exactly -- not sure I have many machines new enough for this to apply to.

The machine I'm typing on is the 2nd newest in the fleet -- it's a work box -- and it's an i7-8550U, an 8th gen "Kaby Lake" chip.

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