I am only guessing, but I think a possible explanation which resolves this conundrum might be this: The latest release page is saying that the latest microcode package contains the latest microcode for this Core2 processor, which is the version last updated on 2010-09-28. Not changed, but still made available in the 20190312 standard microcodes blob. Maybe, only guessing.
On Sun, 2019-06-23 at 09:55 +0200, Davide Prina wrote: > On 11/06/19 04:19, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, Russell Coker wrote: > > > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9505 @ 2.83GHz > > Intel upstream decided to not distribute it, for whatever reason. The > > Core2 will not get any fixes for MDS either (nor will Nehalem and > > Westmere). > > ok, I have read that also, but in the latest release page[¹] > it tell you that Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor is supported by the latest > microcode (Version: 20190312 (Latest)). > > But if I do a > # dmesg | grep microcode > [ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xa0b, > date = 2010-09-28 > > $ dpkg -l intel-microcode > ii intel-microcode 3.20190618.1~deb9u1 > > So Intel tell you, in the "press", that your CPU is not supported; in > the microcode official page, it tell you that your CPU is supported... > and the microcode is installed on my PC, but not loaded... something is > wrong, or I don't have understand. > > > It is easy enough to source that microcode update if you look for it, > > and you can just drop it on /usr/share/misc/intel-microcode.bin with > > intel-microcode installed, and update the initramfs. It will pick the > > extra microcode up. > > in the page [¹] there is not a download link, but a .txt file that tell > you do download from github[²] and here there is exactly what I have in: > $ dpkg -L intel-microcode > > and not the intel-microcode.bin you talk about > > Am I missing something? > > Ciao > Davide > > [¹] > https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28727/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File?product=35428 > > [²] > https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files >
