Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 12:11:33 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Stefan Blachmann <sblachmann@gmail.com>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New microcode updating tool for FreeBSD Message-ID: <5A98DD05.60606@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <CACc-My02hTYJqNBQTqeYxu%2Bjx=sUuJ5n3N6hDPD%2BR_YY7qgK_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACc-My1=y0huU11VxXesyYVQ0%2Bg1L5wV_PPnjCU7-YiQKkQhkQ@mail.gmail.com> <4db65b52-5a82-15ff-1629-0371a619f89b@freebsd.org> <CACc-My27i=wjpO5_u=cKykf3VRzoQvth0qpvQp_qvbcG%2BwLW3g@mail.gmail.com> <CACc-My02hTYJqNBQTqeYxu%2Bjx=sUuJ5n3N6hDPD%2BR_YY7qgK_A@mail.gmail.com>
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02.03.2018 10:19, Stefan Blachmann: > Intel has released a bunch of new microcodes the last days. > As these are not released to the public, you might want to look again into > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/introducing-cpupdate-a-microcode-tool-for-freebsd.64588/ > > There you find how to obtain the microcodes in case your computer > manufacturer hasn't supplied BIOS updates. > > I have updated the cpupdate tool, too. > It does the automatic activation of the new CPU features for > meltdown/spectre mitigation now, too. So you do no longer need > devcpu-data/cpucontrol. > > If you tried devcpu-data/cpucontrol and wondered why it does not work, > here is background: > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192487#c0 > > Have fun testing the new microcodes and FreeBSD's first mitigation patches! > Stefan I've just committed new port sysutils/cpupdate for your work. Please notify if you make significant changes so the port does not stale.
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