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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] IBRS patch series
    On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 02:47:45PM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
    > On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 14:28 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
    > > > iucode-tool -L -tr n10ur16w.iso |grep 2017-11
    > > > 001/020: sig 0x000306d4, pf_mask 0xc0, 2017-11-17, rev 0x0028, size
    > > > 18432
    > >
    > > That's been out for a while now:
    > > https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27337/Linux-Processor-Micr
    > > ocode-Data-File
    > >
    > > so I really don't think this is an "update" yet.
    >
    > Actually for my processor (0x000306d4 / i5-5200U) this release (20171117) only
    > contains:
    >
    > 050/001: sig 0x000306d4, pf_mask 0xc0, 2017-01-27, rev 0x0025, size 17408
    >
    > I find it weird that the Intel release from 2017-11-17 doesn't contain a
    > microcode file supposedly released on the same day, but it seems to be the
    > case.

    Doh, same here, sorry about that, should have checked the microcode
    image file myself.

    > > I saw a bios update for my Dell laptop dated December 28, but it didn't
    > > seem to change anything with the cpuids or microcode status from before.
    >
    > Not sure which distribution you use nowadays but Henrique just pushed a
    > microcode update to Debian with some collected microcodes:
    >
    > https://tracker.debian.org/news/899110
    >
    > Obviously it lacks a *lot* of processors (especially pre-Haswell).

    I'm running Arch, but it would be nice to know where those microcode
    updates came from, given that they aren't on the "official" Intel page
    yet :)

    > > A hard answer to what "soon" means here would be nice to get, as I'm
    > > seeing a lot of misunderstanding floating around right now :(
    >
    > Agreed, but I'm not sure who can provide the information.

    That's why I'm asking here, hopefully Arjan might have an idea.

    thanks,

    greg k-h

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