"dracut: Disabling early microcode, because kernel does not support it. CONFIG_MICROCODE_[AMD|INTEL]!=y" message occurs when installing kernel

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When installing kernel packages, the following message occurs:
dracut: Disabling early microcode, because kernel does not support it. CONFIG_MICROCODE_[AMD|INTEL]!=y
  • When trying to compile and test new kernels (specifically, v6.6-rc1 and newer), the message occurs.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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