Thanks Steve for the head up my cpu is i5-6500 and it seems it should not be blacklisted now (at least the request has been done): http://lists-archives.com/linux-kernel/29038556-x86-spectre_v2-remove-0xc2-from-spectre_bad_microcodes.html
Initially i have been confused by the 20180312 vs 2017-11-16 output. So that case needs some cleaning. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755624 Title: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1755624/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs