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microcode_ctl-2.1-20.fc26

FEDORA-2018-6b319763ab created by aarapov 7 years ago for Fedora 26

Update to upstream 2.1-15. 20180108. Includes fix for Spectre.

How to install

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sudo dnf upgrade --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2018-6b319763ab

This update has been submitted for testing by aarapov.

7 years ago

works on various systems here:

microcode updated early to revision 0x23, date = 2017-11-20 previous was 0x22 from January

User Icon jforbes provided feedback 7 years ago
karma
Test Case microcode update

I have a question:

Does this microcode update negate the need for a firmware update? And if so, why do Windows machines require firmware updates if a microcode update would suffice?

Thank you.

So yes, and no. This is pushing the same microcode that a firmware update would. Obviously firmware can load the microcode earlier, so that is a better solution. As for Windows, I have no idea how they handle microcode loads, certainly they are capable of something similar, but this microcode was literally released about 30 minutes before the package hit koji. I got a heads up from Intel and passed it along. The date is 11-20, so it has probably been available for hardware vendors to do QA and push firmware updates for a while now. Certainly Fedora users would have gotten it sooner if a firmware update was available from their vendor.

User Icon hreindl commented & provided feedback 7 years ago
karma

works for me

This update has been pushed to testing.

7 years ago
User Icon samoht0 commented & provided feedback 7 years ago
karma

Works, but as already noted by Intel, no new revision for 1st, 2nd and many 3rd gen Core i(X). Fine by me, no Intel anymore :-/

Test Case microcode update

This update has been submitted for batched by bodhi.

7 years ago

This update has been submitted for stable by bodhi.

7 years ago

This update has been pushed to stable.

7 years ago

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security
Karma
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Content Type
RPM
Test Gating
Autopush Settings
Unstable by Karma
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submitted
7 years ago
in testing
7 years ago
in stable
7 years ago

Automated Test Results

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