Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 06:44:53 +0100 From: Stefan Blachmann <sblachmann@gmail.com> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> Cc: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New microcode updating tool for FreeBSD Message-ID: <CACc-My1HSiy4Lxv9Z5ZXqk1OeZutFO=2x6Z0_v90602D0mZqCg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5A98DD05.60606@grosbein.net> 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> <5A98DD05.60606@grosbein.net>
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Thank you Eugene! I'll do some reworking the next days. (E.g. formatting to FreeBSD style, breaking down the big functions a bit, cleaning up messy things, write manpage, etc.). I'll will notify you when I got feedback from a few testers that reworking didn't break anything obvious so you can update the port. On 3/2/18, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote: > 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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