Add microcode updates for AMD and Intel processors and update to latest Linux firmware #420
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> This package contains microcode patches for all AMD AMD64 > processors. AMD releases microcode patches to correct > processor behavior as documented in the respective processor > revision guides. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/amd-ucode
> This package contains updated system processor microcode for > Intel i686 and Intel X86-64 processors. Intel releases microcode > updates to correct processor behavior as documented in the > respective processor specification updates. Download the archive from [1]. The Linux module will load the file. It’s recommended to do that in initramfs. From *[WARNING] Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading* [2]: > Skylake: > > If your processor model (listed in /proc/cpuinfo) is 78 or 94, and > the stepping is 3, install the non-free "intel-microcode" package > with base version 3.20170511.1, and reboot the system. THIS IS > THE RECOMMENDED SOLUTION FOR THESE SYSTEMS, AS IT FIXES OTHER > PROCESSOR ISSUES AS WELL. [1] https://downloadcenter.intel.com/search?keyword=linux+microcode [2] #420
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is there any mechanism to prevent split brain between |
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On 07/03/17 14:44, Peter Marquardt wrote:
is there any mechanism to prevent split brain between `initramfs/lib/firmware` and `deinemuddah:/lib/firmware` so if someone updates `linux-firmware.be0` the other `/project/admin/initramfs/lib/firmware` get's synced?
No, that’s not possible yet. Besides implementing some kind of hook for
`/lib`, I also don’t know how to do it.
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ok, since only microcode blobs are in good work 8-) |
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Yeah, I removed all firmware files from the initramfs again. Sorry for the confusion. |
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To load the microcode updates automatically, they have to be present in initramfs. Here is, how to do it manually.
For example on keineahnung.
On hmmjaeeh with the new microcode, the Linux Kernel even enables PEBS (Precise Event Based Sampling).
With the latest initramfs changes, the microcode updates are loaded early.