Re: Is the CPU microcode updated?

From	Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Is the CPU microcode updated?
Date	2024-09-25 18:40 +0200
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Franco Martelli wrote: 
> On 25/09/24 at 14:58, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> > What is the output of
> > 
> > sudo dmesg | grep -E '(microcode|model)'
> > 
> > ?
> > This should show information about your CPU model and if its microcode
> > is actually updated.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jörg.
> > 
> 
> It returns:
> 
> ~# dmesg | grep -E '(microcode|model)'
> [    0.131534] smpboot: CPU0: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (family:
> 0x15, model: 0x2, stepping: 0x0)
> [    0.470751] microcode: microcode updated early to new
> patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.470889] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.470968] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471078] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471166] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471276] microcode: CPU4: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471360] microcode: CPU5: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471438] microcode: CPU6: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471523] microcode: CPU7: patch_level=0x06000852
> [    0.471627] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
> 
> Is the CPU updated to the latest microcode?

Yes.

Resources I needed to find that out for you:
https://www.cpu-world.com/cgi-bin/CPUID.pl?CPUID=22328

and

https://github.com/platomav/CPUMicrocodes/blob/master/AMD/cpu00600F20_ver06000852_2018-02-06_893C1544.bin

-dsr-

Thread

Is the CPU microcode updated? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-24 21:40 +0200
  Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 01:00 +0200
    Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 17:10 +0200
  Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2024-09-25 15:00 +0200
    Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 17:10 +0200
      Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-09-25 18:40 +0200
        Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 21:40 +0200
          Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-09-25 22:10 +0200
          Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Michel Verdier <mv524@free.fr> - 2024-09-26 10:40 +0200
            Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-26 15:40 +0200
      Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2024-09-26 15:00 +0200
        Re: Is the CPU microcode updated? Henrik Ahlgren <pablo@seestieto.com> - 2024-09-27 09:50 +0200
        objtool errors message while compiling the Kernel (was: Is the CPU  microcode updated?) Franco Martelli <martellif67@gmail.com> - 2024-09-27 15:20 +0200

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