Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
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--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision dcff87e888bd8c11d5f545dcc1f84674104e2ee2)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision ba78ebe23bbc694d51fdb59a74549c993b83ff3d)
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update firmware discussion for Intel CPUs . Partially fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8929">#8929</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mpg123 1.24.0. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;8958">#8958</ulink>.</para>
Index: postlfs/config/firmware.xml
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--- postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision dcff87e888bd8c11d5f545dcc1f84674104e2ee2)
+++ postlfs/config/firmware.xml	(revision ba78ebe23bbc694d51fdb59a74549c993b83ff3d)
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@
     <sect3 id="intel-microcode">
       <title>Intel Microcode for the CPU</title>
-
+<!--
       <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required Package</bridgehead>
       <para role='required'>
@@ -155,8 +155,50 @@
       microcode for it. Determine the decimal values of the cpu family, model
       and stepping by running:</para>
+-->
+
+      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required File</bridgehead>
+      <para role='required'>
+         <ulink url='&sources-anduin-http;/intel-microcode/intel-microcode2ucode.c'/>
+      </para>
+
+      <para>For Intel CPUs an extra program, intel-microcode2ucode, is required. 
+      This is done a little differently since it is only a single source
+      code file.  The reason for this is that there are differnet versions
+      available, but most are specific to commercial distributions.</para>
+
+      <para>This program reformats the microcode supplied by Intel into a
+      format which the kernel can apply. The program
+      <userinput>intel-microcode2ucode</userinput> is used create the
+      individual firmware blobs </para>
+
+      <para>Create the program by downloading the source file and running:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>gcc -g -Wall -O2 -o intel-microcode2ucode intel-microcode2ucode.c</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>Now install the program as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>install intel-microcode2ucode /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
+
+     <para>The next step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
+     microcode.  The must be done by navigating to 
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26400/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     and following the instructions there.  As of this writing the most recent
+     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20161104.tgz</filename>.
+     This file is a tar file, but expands to <filename>microcode.dat</filename>
+     in the current directory.</para>
+
+     <para>Next, create various blobs with names in the form XX-YY-ZZ in a
+     subdirectory named <filename class="directory">intel-ucode/</filename>:
+     </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>intel-microcode2ucode microcode.dat</userinput></screen>
+
+     <para>Now you need to determine your processor's identity to see if there
+     is any microcode for it. Determine the decimal values of the cpu family,
+     model and stepping by running:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>head -n7 /proc/cpuinfo</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>Now convert the cpu family, model and stepping to pairs of hexadecimal
+      <para>Convert the cpu family, model and stepping to pairs of hexadecimal
       digits. For a SandyBridge i3-2120 (described as Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2120
       CPU) the relevant values are cpu family 6, model 42, stepping 7 so in
@@ -168,5 +210,5 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv /lib/firmware/intel-ucode
-cp -v &lt;XX-YY-ZZ&gt; /lib/firmware/intel-ucode</userinput></screen>
+cp -v intel-ucode/&lt;XX-YY-ZZ&gt; /lib/firmware/intel-ucode</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>Now that the Intel microcode has been prepared, use the following
