Re: x86, microcode: BUG: microcode update that changes x86_capability

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Sep 19 2014 - 07:30:10 EST


On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 08:00:15AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> We're also killing microcode update support outside of the initramfs in
> Debian. It has become obvious that anything other than the early initramfs
> method of microcode updates should be considered a developer thing.

That's simply not true: long-running systems which you can't reboot for
whatever reason will need the late microcode update.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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