Changeset 428cad4 for postlfs

Timestamp:

06/08/2021 07:34:53 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

ad0b7c3a

Parents:

69e77f2d

Message:

Update intel microcode to 20210608

Also refresh the example, including the omitted lines for the
late reload - the claimed previous version (0xec) was a typo.

File:

• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -208 +208 @@
         and downloading the latest file there.  As of this writing the most
         secure version of the microcode, for those machines which can boot it,
-        is microcode-20210216.<!-- If you have a Skylake machine, please read the
+        is microcode-20210608.<!-- If you have a Skylake machine, please read the
         Caution in the 'Early loading of microcode' section below.-->  Extract this
         file in the normal way, the microcode is in the <filename>intel-ucode
@@ -293 +293 @@
         was created by temporarily booting without
         microcode, to show the current Firmware Bug messages, then the late load
-        shows it being updated to revision 0xec.
-      </para>
-
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 5.9.8 (ken@leshp) (gcc (GCC) 10.2.0,
-               GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.35)
-               #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 16 20:42:42 GMT 2020
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.9.8-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro
-[    0.028715] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata;
+        shows it being updated to revision 0xea.
+      </para>
+
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 5.12.8 (lfs@leshp) (gcc (GCC) 11.1.0,
+               GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.36.1)
+               #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 4 01:25:02 BST 2021
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.12.8-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro
+               resume=/dev/sda10
+[    0.028741] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata;
                please update microcode to version: 0xb2 (or later)
-[    0.111874] SRBDS: Vulnerable: No microcode
-[    0.111984] MDS: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode</literal></screen>
+[    0.115716] SRBDS: Vulnerable: No microcode
+[    0.115826] MDS: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode
+[    0.389005] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0x74
+[    0.389030] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
+[   70.089502] microcode: updated to revision 0xea, date = 2021-01-25
+[   70.089528] x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode,
+               but might not take effect.
+[   70.089530] microcode: Reload completed, microcode revision: 0xea</literal></screen>
 
       <para>
@@ -482 +489 @@
       </para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xe2, date = 2020-07-14
-[    0.000000] Linux version 5.9.8 (ken@leshp) (gcc (GCC) 10.2.0,
-               GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.35)
-               #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 16 20:42:42 GMT 2020
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.9.8-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro
-[    0.378287] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xe2
-[    0.378315] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
-</literal></screen>
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xea, date = 2021-01-25
+[    0.000000] Linux version 5.12.8 (lfs@leshp) (gcc (GCC) 11.1.0,
+               GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.36.1) #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jun 4 01:25:02 BST 2021
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.12.8-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro
+               resume=/dev/sda10
+[    0.381420] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xea
+[    0.381479] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>