The intel ucode link in the book appears to be obsolete. The version we link to doesn't have a note that there is a newer version, but at the side there _is_ a newer version, from March. And if you click on _that_, it tells you there is a newer version, but goes back to the old one.
The microcde against zombieload seems to be on github. Trying to copy from the page gives me https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux...0190514.tar.gz which doesn't sound very likely to be a working link. The repo within intel at github is called Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files and the notes suggest it covers everything from SandyBridge onwards. Probably needs a kernel version from today as well - I'm not up to speed with whatever has been released in the last few hours. More fun for intel users, particularly those in VMs on shared machines. I've seen a report that intel say their latest hardware doesn't need an update, bu that someone behind the 'discovery' disputed that. No idea. ĸen -- Before the universe began, there was a sound. It went: "One, two, ONE, two, three, four" [...] The cataclysmic power chord that followed was the creation of time and space and matter and it does Not Fade Away. - wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Music_With_Rocks_In -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
