Messages in this thread | | | From | 王金浦 <> | Date | Mon, 5 Mar 2018 10:17:32 +0100 | Subject | Re: spectre v2 microcodes blacklist (march update) |
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Hi,
2018-03-03 22:02 GMT+01:00 Alexander Sergeyev <sergeev917@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > the microcode revision guidance from Intel is revised once again [1] (1 > Mar). > > It looks like the following: > >> Intel document only clears the 0xc2 microcode on *some* parts with CPUID >> 506E3 (INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP stepping 3). For the Skylake H/S platform >> it's OK but for Skylake E3 which has the same CPUID it isn't (yet) cleared. > > > is no longer a problem. CPUID 506E3 with both Skylake H/S and Skylake Xeon > E3 is labelled as "production" now. > > Could we drop { INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x03, 0xc2 } from > spectre_bad_microcodes? +1, I have a test machine with cpuid 506e3, dell/intel releases production BIOS version 0xC2, but due to list as bad_microcode, IBPB function is disabled. I would like also vote to get it remove from bad_microcode list. > > [1] > https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/03/microcode-update-guidance.pdf
Regards, Jack
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