Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 16:10:09 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Unclear On The New MDS Patch Message-ID: <db4ca28f-feed-5c71-b178-d3a750f1ed28@tundraware.com>
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OK, so I have a confusion (nothing new there ...). I am running 11.3-PRE.
Some questions:
1) If I put this in rc.conf:
microcode_update_enable="YES"
and reboot, is that sufficient to fix the problem or do I have to install
packages, etc. to always get the latest microcode.
2) If I compile a new kernel at the appropriate or later Revision level
will it automatically pick up the latest microcode and install at boot
time/userland startup time or is there more to it.
3) Is this a necessary patch if I am running a FreeBSD instance on a
cloud provider like (AWS, GCP, or DigitalOcean), or are they on the
hook to resolve it in their virtualization environments?
I am looking for a solution here that is hands off and automatically upgrade
microcode as required.
TIA,
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