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Re: Intel Microcode updates

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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
> 

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Intel Microcode updates Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> - 2019-06-10 06:10 +0200
  Re: Intel Microcode updates Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 13:20 +0200
    Re: Intel Microcode updates Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2019-06-10 19:50 +0200
      Re: Intel Microcode updates Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-10 20:40 +0200
        Re: Intel Microcode updates Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2019-06-11 20:10 +0200
          Re: Intel Microcode updates Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-06-11 22:00 +0200
    Re: Intel Microcode updates Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> - 2019-06-11 14:00 +0200
  Re: Intel Microcode updates Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2019-06-11 04:20 +0200
    Re: Intel Microcode updates Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> - 2019-06-11 14:00 +0200
      Re: Intel Microcode updates Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> - 2019-06-11 14:30 +0200
        Re: Intel Microcode updates Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2019-06-12 17:00 +0200
          Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 13:00 +0200
            Re: Intel Microcode updates Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2019-06-23 22:30 +0200
              Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 22:40 +0200
                Re: Intel Microcode updates Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2019-06-24 04:10 +0200
              Re: Intel Microcode updates Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 19:40 +0200
          Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 22:10 +0200
          Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-22 14:30 +0200
    Re: Intel Microcode updates Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-11 19:10 +0200
      Re: Intel Microcode updates Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2019-06-11 19:20 +0200
        Re: Intel Microcode updates Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-11 21:10 +0200
          Re: Intel Microcode updates Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-11 21:20 +0200
            Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 11:20 +0200
              Re: Intel Microcode updates Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2019-06-18 20:30 +0200
                Re: Intel Microcode updates Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2019-06-20 14:40 +0200
            Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-18 22:10 +0200
            Re: Intel Microcode updates Elmar Stellnberger <estellnb@gmail.com> - 2019-06-22 14:30 +0200
    Re: Intel Microcode updates Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2019-06-23 10:00 +0200
      Re: Intel Microcode updates Lou Poppler <LouPoppler@cableone.net> - 2019-06-24 02:20 +0200
        Re: Intel Microcode updates Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com> - 2019-06-24 20:00 +0200

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