* Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@debian.org> [2013-09-07 18:55 -0300]:
> On Sat, 07 Sep 2013, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > * Elimar Riesebieter <riese...@lxtec.de> [2013-09-07 15:32 +0200]: > > > ACK, loaded as module. Thanks for the hint. But I can't find a note > > > on how to verify the new microcode is loaded? > > > > $ dmesg | grep micro > > microcode: CPU0 sig=0x10676, pf=0x80, revision=0x610 > > microcode: CPU1 sig=0x10676, pf=0x80, revision=0x610 > > microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tig...@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, > > Peter Oruba > > Which means not updated (hint: no "updated" messages in the log). > > Now, the intel-microcode changelog has this to say about sig 0x10686: > + Updated Microcodes: > sig 0x00010676, pf mask 0x01, 2010-09-29, rev 0x060f, size 4096 > sig 0x00010676, pf mask 0x04, 2010-09-29, rev 0x060f, size 4096 > sig 0x00010676, pf mask 0x10, 2010-09-29, rev 0x060f, size 4096 > sig 0x00010676, pf mask 0x40, 2010-09-29, rev 0x060f, size 4096 > sig 0x00010676, pf mask 0x80, 2010-09-29, rev 0x060f, size 4096 > > Your pf=0x80 is listed in there, rev 0x60f. Your BIOS actually has *newer* > microcode than what is present in intel-microcode. I cross-checked with > iucode-tool, and that's correct. > > You might still benefit from intel-microcode if you have it installed and > the non-free/proposed-updates repositories set up, as a future microcode > update from Intel might have a newer version than 0x610, and you'd get it > automatically along with any other package updates. > > PS: note that *any* pfmask with bit 7 set (0x80 = 10000000b) would apply to > your processor. The rule is: if the signatures are the same, and "(pf & > pfmask) == pf", the microcode is suitable for that processor. Thank you very much for all the information ;-) Elimar -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130908074550.gb4...@galadriel.home.lxtec.de
