Changeset c79668e

Timestamp:

08/14/2018 09:04:34 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Ken Moffat <ken@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gimp3, 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/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

cdd5a33b

Parents:

f7305f45

Message:

Update intel microcode details, and label the old AMD example as historic - I have no recent AMD machines where newer microcode is available than what is in the BIOS/EFI, and I'm not going to keep rebuilding that one just to update the example.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@20298 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>August 14th, 2018</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20180807. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10930">#10930</ulink>. Also
+          mark the AMD examples as 'historic', at least until someone
+          can provide details for a current machine where new microcode
+          is available.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to gsl-2.5. Fixes

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -119 +119 @@
 
     <para>As a result, early loading is now expected, although for the moment
-    (4.11 kernels) it is still possible to manually force late loading of
+    (4.18 kernels) it is still possible to manually force late loading of
     microcode for testing. You will need to reconfigure your kernel for either
     method. The instructions here will create a kernel
@@ -134 +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/27776/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28039/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>.
+     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180807.tgz</filename>.
      Extract this file in the normal way to create an <filename>intel-ucode</filename>
      directory, containing various blobs with names in the form XX-YY-ZZ.
@@ -192 +192 @@
       reported:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.15.3 (ken@plexi) (gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC))
-               #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 23 03:13:53 GMT 2018
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.3-sda6 root=/dev/sda6 ro
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.18.0-rc8 (root@plexi) (gcc version 8.2.0 (GCC))
+               #2 SMP PREEMPT Sat Aug 11 22:26:26 BST 2018
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.18.0-rc8-sda5 root=/dev/sda5 ro resume=/dev/sdb1
 [    0.000000] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata;
                please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later)
 [    0.482712] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x19
-[    0.482937] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
-[12624.259297] microcode: updated to revision 0x24, date = 2018-01-21</literal></screen>
+[    0.274963] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
+[ 1475.941353] microcode: updated to revision 0x25, date = 2018-04-02
+[ 1475.944753] 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
@@ -238 +239 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>dmesg | grep -e 'microcode' -e 'Linux version' -e 'Command line'</userinput></screen>
-      <para>This example from an old Athlon(tm) II X2 shows it has been updated.
-      For the moment, all CPUs are still reported in the microcode details on AMD
-      machines:</para>
+      <para>This historic example from an old Athlon(tm) II X2 shows it has been
+      updated. At that time, all CPUs were still reported in the microcode details on
+      AMD machines (the current position for AMD machines where newer microcode is
+      available is unknown) :</para>
 
 <screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.15.3 (ken@testserver) (gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC))
@@ -313 +315 @@
       is mentioned:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x24, date = 2018-01-21
-[    0.000000] Linux version 4.15.3 (ken@plexi) (gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC))
-               #3 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 23 05:06:50 GMT 2018
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.3-sda6 root=/dev/sda6 ro
-[    0.484409] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x24
-[    0.484575] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>
-
-      <para>An AMD example:</para>
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x25, date = 2018-04-02
+[    0.000000] Linux version 4.18.1-rc1 (ken@plexi) (gcc version 8.2.0 (GCC))
+               #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 14 20:22:35 BST 2018
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.18.1-rc1-sda5 root=/dev/sda5 ro resume=/dev/sdb1
+[    0.275864] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x25
+[    0.275911] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>
+
+      <para>A historic AMD example:</para>
 
 <screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.15.3 (ken@testserver) (gcc version 7.3.0 (GCC))