Changeset c6ebc90b

Timestamp:

12/26/2019 07:55:42 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 9.1, 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:

c61fb430

Parents:

4b64c31

Message:

Update intel microcode to 20191116.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@22510 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -45 +45 @@
       <para>December 26th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20191115. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;12952">#12952</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update to falkon-3.1.0. Fixes

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -137 +137 @@
      url='https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/'/>
      and downloading the latest file there.  As of this writing the most recent
-     version of the microcode is microcode-20191112.
+     version of the microcode is microcode-20191115.
      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.
@@ -143 +143 @@
 
      <para>In the past, intel did not provide any details of which blobs had
-     changed versions, but now the releasenote details this.</para>
+     changed versions, but now the release note details this.</para>
 
      <para>The recent firmware for older processors is provided to deal with
@@ -154 +154 @@
      </para>
 
-     <para>To be able to use this latest microcode on all the affected processors
-     the kernel version needs to be versions 5.3.11, 4.19.84 or later.</para>
+     <para>To be able to use this latest microcode to provide mitigation on all
+     the affected processors, the kernel version needs to be at least 5.3.11 (or
+     4.19.84 if you are using the 4.19 long term support series).</para>
 
      <para>Now you need to determine your processor's identity to see if there
@@ -195 +196 @@
 <screen><userinput>dmesg | grep -e 'microcode' -e 'Linux version' -e 'Command line'</userinput></screen>
 
-      <para>This example (the machine had just been updated to a new kernel and was
-      already using early loading for firmware from a few months before) shows it
-      has now been updated from revision 0xcc to 0xd4.</para>
-
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xcc, date = 2019-04-01
-[    0.000000] Linux version 5.3.11 (ken@milliways) (gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 13 01:43:09 GMT 2019
-[    0.569085] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xcc
-[    0.569136] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
-[  257.975226] microcode: updated to revision 0xd4, date = 2019-08-14
-[  257.976347] microcode: Reload completed, microcode revision: 0xd4</literal></screen>
+      <para>This reformatted example was created by temporarily booting without
+      microcode, to show the current Firmware Bug message, then the late load
+      shows it being updated to revision 0xd6.</para>
+
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 5.4.2 (lfs@leshp) (gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC))
+               #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 18 11:52:13 GMT 2019
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.2-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro
+[    0.020218] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode
+               to version: 0xb2 (or later)
+[    0.153861] MDS: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode
+[    0.550009] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0x74
+[    0.550036] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
+[  277.673064] microcode: updated to revision 0xd6, date = 2019-10-03
+[  277.674231] x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect</literal></screen>
 
     <para>If the microcode was not updated, there is no new microcode for
@@ -321 +326 @@
       in AMD and Intel machines. First, an Intel example with early loading:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xd4, date = 2019-08-14
-[    0.000000] Linux version 5.3.11 (ken@milliways) (gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 13 01:43:09 GMT 2019
-[    0.552160] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xd4
-[    0.552184] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xd6, date = 2019-10-03
+[    0.000000] Linux version 5.4.6 (ken@leshp) (gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC))i
+               #4 SMP PREEMPT Sat Dec 21 21:41:03 GMT 2019
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.6-sda11 root=/dev/sda11 ro resume=/dev/sda10
+[    0.579936] microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision=0xd6
+[    0.579961] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>
 
       <para>A historic AMD example:</para>