Changeset d7a0527 for postlfs/config/firmware.xml

Timestamp:

01/10/2018 06:41:27 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, 8.2, 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:

5cdbb1b

Parents:

aa79220

Message:

Update intel microcode, and the example, to 20180108.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@19662 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/config/firmware.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

postlfs/config/firmware.xml

@@ -131 +131 @@
      <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/27377/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+     <ulink url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27431/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
      and following the instructions there.  As of this writing the most recent
-     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20171117.tgz</filename>.
+     version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180108.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.</para>
@@ -181 +181 @@
       <para>This example from the Haswell i7 which was released in Q2 2014 and is
       not affected by the TSX errata shows it has been updated from revision 0x19
-      in the BIOS/UEFI to revision 0x22. Unlike in older kernels, the individual
+      in the BIOS/UEFI to revision 0x23. Unlike in older kernels, the individual
       CPUs are not separately reported:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.11.0 (lfs@plexi) (gcc version 7.1.0 (GCC) )
-               #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 14 16:00:00 BST 2017
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.11.0-sda6 root=/dev/sda6 ro
-[    0.913685] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x22
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] Linux version 4.14.12 (lfs@plexi) (gcc version 7.2.0 (GCC) )
+               #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 9 16:00:00 GMT 2018
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.14.12-sda7 root=/dev/sda7 ro
+[    0.913685] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x23
 [    0.913905] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
-[  148.723932] microcode: updated to revision 0x22, date = 2017-01-27</literal></screen>
+[  148.723932] microcode: updated to revision 0x23, date = 2017-11-28</literal></screen>
     <para>That may be followed by individual reports for each core.</para>
 
@@ -304 +304 @@
       is mentioned:</para>
 
-<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x22, date = 2017-01-27
-[    0.000000] Linux version 4.11.0 (lfs@plexi) (gcc version 7.1.0 (GCC) )
-               #2 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 14 17:58:53 BST 2017
-[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.11.0-sda6 root=/dev/sda6 ro
-[    0.928947] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x22
+<screen><literal>[    0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x23, date = 2017-11-20
+[    0.000000] Linux version 4.14.12 (lfs@plexi) (gcc version 7.2.0 (GCC) )
+               #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 9 17:58:53 GMT 2018
+[    0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.14.12-sda7 root=/dev/sda7 ro
+[    0.928947] microcode: sig=0x306c3, pf=0x2, revision=0x23
 [    0.929160] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.</literal></screen>