Changeset 978befc

Timestamp:

05/23/2024 02:45:02 PM (4 weeks ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

trunk

Children:

71818de

Parents:

1943c10

Message:

Update latest Intel microcode version (Security Update).

Files:

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

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>May 23rd, 2024</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update latest Intel microcode version (Security Update).
+          Fixes <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;19797">#19797</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>May 22nd, 2024</para>
       <itemizedlist>
@@ -86 +96 @@
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to libass-0.17.2. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;19817">#19817</ulink>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-        <listitem>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[rahul] - Update to nodejs-20.13.1. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;19765">#19765</ulink>.</para>

packages.ent

@@ -1 +1 @@
 <!-- Part II -->
+<!-- Chapter 3 -->
+
+<!ENTITY intel-microcode-version      "20240514">
+
 <!-- Chapter 4 -->
 

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -228 +228 @@
         'https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/'/>
         and downloading the latest file there.  As of this writing the most
-        <!-- at one time, some skylakes had problems with a certain revision
-        secure version of the microcode, for those machines which can boot it, -->
-        secure version of the microcode
-        is microcode-20240312.  Extract this
-        file in the normal way, the microcode is in the <filename>intel-ucode
-        </filename> directory, containing various blobs with names in the form
-        XX-YY-ZZ. There are also various other files, and a releasenote.
+        secure version of the microcode is microcode-&intel-microcode-version;.
+        Extract this file in the normal way, the microcode is in the
+        <filename>intel-ucode </filename> directory, containing various blobs
+        with names in the form XX-YY-ZZ. There are also various other files,
+        and a release note.
       </para>
 
       <para>
         In the past, intel did not provide any details of which blobs had
-        changed versions, but now the releasenote details this.  You can
+        changed versions, but now the release note details this.  You can
         compare the microcode version in <filename>/proc/cpuinfo</filename>
         with the version for your CPU model in the releasenote to know if