Changeset 58b07a1

Timestamp:

06/08/2018 02:00:32 AM (6 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, perl-modules, 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:

cd428fd4

Parents:

ed61cd1

Message:

Firmware - add latest intel microcode, and note that AMD Fam17h is in a separate file (although most models are not updated).

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20194 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general.ent (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

general.ent

@@ -1 +1 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "05">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "07">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "06">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2018">
@@ -7 +7 @@
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "June 5th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "June 7th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -43 +43 @@
 -->
     <listitem>
+      <para>June 7th, 2018</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20180425 (this only affects
+          some Broadwell E machines (previous microcode withdrawn) and Gemini
+          Lake Pentium/Celeron (new microcode).  Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10844">#10844</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>June 5th, 2018</para>
       <itemizedlist>

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -100 +100 @@
     <para>Intel provide frequent updates of their microcode. It is not uncommon
     to find a newer version of microcode for an Intel processor even two years
-    after its release. New versions of AMD firmware are less common.</para>
+    after its release. New versions of AMD firmware are rare and usually only
+    apply to a few models, although motherboard manufacturers get extra updates
+    which maybe update microcode along with the changes to support newer CPUs
+    and faster memory.</para>
 
     <para>There used to be two ways of loading the microcode, described as 'early'
@@ -131 +134 @@
      <para>The first step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
      microcode.  This must be done by navigating to 
-     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27591/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27776/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
      and following the instructions there.  As of this writing the most recent
      version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180312.tgz</filename>.
@@ -211 +214 @@
       url='&sources-anduin-http;/linux-firmware/amd-ucode/'/>.
       The family is always specified in hex. Families 10h to 14h (16 to 20)
-      are in microcode_amd.bin.  Families 15h and 16h have their own containers.
+      are in microcode_amd.bin.  Families 15h, 16h and 17h have their own containers.
       Create the required directory and put the firmware you downloaded into
       it as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>