On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > You can see why an OS distributor would be stuck in this situation, > though. If the microcode updates are installed by default, Debian is > taking responsibility for their effect (in the sense of receiving bug > reports and providing updates when appropriate to address them). And > that is very hard to do without the corresponding source code.
It is not the lack of "source code"[1] that is the problem. It is the absolute lack of any sort of release guidance whatsoever from Intel when a new microcode update is made available. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
