Fedora 37: microcode_ctl 2023-40e71fe5b9
Summary
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written
by Tigran Aivazian
The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system
boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts
back to the old microcode.
Update Information:
- Update to upstream 2.1-42. 20231114 - Update of 06-6a-06/0x87 (ICX-SP D0) microcode from revision 0xd0003a5 up to 0xd0003b9; - Update of 06-6c-01/0x10 (ICL-D B0) microcode from revision 0x1000230 up to 0x1000268; - Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0xbc up to 0xc2; - Update of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode from revision 0xac up to 0xb4; - Update of 06-8c-02/0xc2 (TGL-R C0) microcode from revision 0x2c up to 0x34; - Update of 06-8d-01/0xc2 (TGL-H R0) microcode from revision 0x46 up to 0x4e; - Update of 06-8f-04/0x10 microcode from revision 0x2c000271 up to 0x2c000290; - Update of 06-8f-04/0x87 (SPR-SP E0/S1) microcode from revision 0x2b0004b1 up to 0x2b0004d0; - Update of 06-8f-05/0x10 (SPR-HBM B1) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-8f-04) from revision 0x2c000271 up to 0x2c000290; - Update of 06-8f-05/0x87 (SPR-SP E2) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-8f-04) from revision 0x2b0004b1 up to ...
Change Log
* Tue Nov 14 2023 Eugene Syromiatnikov
References
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-40e71fe5b9 2023-11-23 01:11:09.891828 Name : microcode_ctl Product : Fedora 37 Version : 2.1 Release : 53.3.fc37 URL : https://pagure.io/microcode_ctl Summary : Tool to transform and deploy CPU microcode update for x86 Description : The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian . The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-40e71fe5b9' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html