UDB/Multia SRM microcode

My Multia has been boxed for about a year, but I might get it out to try 
  SuSE 8.1.

As I remember, there is a microcode problem with the SRM console so it 
is generally recommended to use ARC on Multias.  At some point, there 
was a Linux Kernel work-around for the SRM microcode problem.  Is this 
on the new SuSE 8.1 CD?  It would be nice and easy to use SRM to 
install.  Can someone "in the know" tell me if I still have to use ARC/Milo?

[Or maybe HP will release a new firmware (> 1996) for the Multia. haha]

Thanks,
-Scott