Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > So I'm left assuming that this initiative is the result of more and more > Debian users purchasing systems sufficiently new enough that errata are > being discovered, and new microcode being issued, after they receive > their systems, and these folks aren

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 11/6/2012 10:08 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > What I do know is that lack of microcode update support is a severe issue > IMO. Debian has survived and functioned very well with good stability, all the while lacking microcode update capability for all these years. This doesn't seem

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:12:53PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > >I would like to bring to your attention the improved support for system > >processor (CPU) microcode updates, for x86/i686/x86-64/amd64 systems > >that was recently added to [

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:12:53PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Microcode updates will be applied immediately when the microcode > > packages are installed or updated: you don't have to reboot. You will > > have to keep the packages instal

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:12:53PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I would like to bring to your attention the improved support for system processor (CPU) microcode updates, for x86/i686/x86-64/amd64 systems that was recently added to [non-free] Wheezy. Alas, this will not work for XE

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:12:53PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Microcode updates will be applied immediately when the microcode > packages are installed or updated: you don't have to reboot. You will > have to keep the packages installed, though: as explained above, the > microcode

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 06:23:40PM -0300, Dr Beco wrote: > Hoping to add some 'reference', so we can compare actual microcode > versions, I find myself with > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep microcode > microcode 0x1b > ... Slighly faster to type and run $ grep microcode /proc/cpuinfo

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-06 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012, Erwan David wrote: > On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:12:53PM CET, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > said: > > Microcode updates will be applied immediately when the microcode > > packages are installed or updated: you don't have to reboot. You will > > have to keep the packages insta

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-05 Thread Erwan David
On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:12:53PM CET, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh said: > > Microcode updates will be applied immediately when the microcode > packages are installed or updated: you don't have to reboot. You will > have to keep the packages installed, though: as explained above, the > microc

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 05 Nov 2012, Dr Beco wrote: > Hoping to add some 'reference', so we can compare actual microcode > versions, I find myself with > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep microcode > microcode 0x1b > ... > > Now, what is the version of the updated microcode? cpuinfo lists the current microcode running

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-05 Thread Erwan David
Le Mon 5/11/2012, Dr Beco disait > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I would like to bring to your attention the improved support for system > > processor (CPU) microcode updates, for x86/i686/x86-64/amd64 systems > > that was recently add

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-05 Thread Dr Beco
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to bring to your attention the improved support for system > processor (CPU) microcode updates, for x86/i686/x86-64/amd64 systems > that was recently added to [non-free] Wheezy. Thanks Henrique for

ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel/AMD x86 CPU microcode update system in non-free

2012-11-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Hello all, I would like to bring to your attention the improved support for system processor (CPU) microcode updates, for x86/i686/x86-64/amd64 systems that was recently added to [non-free] Wheezy. System Processors from Intel and AMD may need updates to their microcode (sort of a control sequenc