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Re: intel-microcode (was Stretch and i3-7300T)

From solitone <solitone@mail.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: intel-microcode (was Stretch and i3-7300T)
Date 2017-09-19 20:50 +0200
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On 19/09/17 19:02, solitone wrote:
> what about intel-microcode that I've just 
> installed? Can I expect some performance related benefit?

I gather that microcode updates are usually issued to fix errata in the 
CPU's design [1], and without the intel-microcode package installed an 
older version of the microcode would be loaded from BIOS/UEFI in the CPU 
at boot time [2].

[1] 
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4b4hzx/is_it_worth_installing_the_nonfree_firmware_for/d15zctc/
[2] 
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4b4hzx/is_it_worth_installing_the_nonfree_firmware_for/d15zljn/

So the point is not performance, but bug fixing, and it seems reasonable 
to install that package.

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Stretch and i3-7300T A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-17 16:40 +0200
  Re: Stretch and i3-7300T "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2017-09-17 17:00 +0200
    Re: Stretch and i3-7300T A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 10:00 +0200
      Re: Stretch and i3-7300T Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 11:10 +0200
        Re: Stretch and i3-7300T A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-19 16:00 +0200
          Re: Stretch and i3-7300T PROBLEM AGAIN A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 08:30 +0200
            Re: Stretch and i3-7300T PROBLEM AGAIN "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 15:50 +0200
              Re: Stretch and i3-7300T PROBLEM AGAIN Zoltán Herman <zoltanhbz@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 16:10 +0200
                Re: Stretch and i3-7300T PROBLEM AGAIN A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 16:40 +0200
  Re: Stretch and i3-7300T James Montgomery <james@envcode.io> - 2017-09-17 17:00 +0200
    Re: Stretch and i3-7300T A_Man_Without_Clue <love.chaser@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 09:50 +0200
  Re: Stretch and i3-7300T Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 07:20 +0200
    Re: Stretch and i3-7300T James Montgomery <james@envcode.io> - 2017-09-18 16:20 +0200
      Re: Stretch and i3-7300T Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-19 00:20 +0200
    Re: Stretch and i3-7300T solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-19 08:00 +0200
      Re: Stretch and i3-7300T Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-09-19 14:20 +0200
        Re: firmware-linux-nonfree needed? (was Stretch and i3-7300T) solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-19 19:10 +0200
          Re: intel-microcode (was Stretch and i3-7300T) solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-19 20:50 +0200
          Re: firmware-linux-nonfree needed? (was Stretch and i3-7300T) deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-09-19 22:10 +0200
            Re: firmware-linux-nonfree needed? (was Stretch and i3-7300T) solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-09-20 13:00 +0200
    Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 19:30 +0200
      Re: Fwd: Stretch and i3-7300T Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 23:00 +0200

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