From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon May 20 18:12:39 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CA215B4D60 for ; Mon, 20 May 2019 18:12:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from oceanview.tundraware.com (oceanview.tundraware.com [45.55.60.57]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailman.tundraware.com", Issuer "mailman.tundraware.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 846A78BD01 for ; Mon, 20 May 2019 18:12:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from chimpchange.tundraware.com (96-87-102-138-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [96.87.102.138]) (authenticated bits=0) by oceanview.tundraware.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id x4KIBFmw015277 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 20 May 2019 13:11:15 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Subject: Re: Unclear On The New MDS Patch To: RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20190519230343.4340af09@gumby.homeunix.com> From: Tim Daneliuk Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 13:11:09 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190519230343.4340af09@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (oceanview.tundraware.com [45.55.60.57]); Mon, 20 May 2019 13:11:15 -0500 (CDT) X-TundraWare-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-TundraWare-MailScanner-ID: x4KIBFmw015277 X-TundraWare-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-TundraWare-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (not cached, timed out) X-TundraWare-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 846A78BD01 X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tundra@tundraware.com designates 45.55.60.57 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=tundra@tundraware.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.08 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.97)[-0.966,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[tundraware.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: oceanview.tundraware.com]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.77)[-0.771,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.03)[ip: (-5.45), ipnet: 45.55.32.0/19(4.05), asn: 14061(1.29), country: US(-0.06)]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[googlemail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14061, ipnet:45.55.32.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 18:12:39 -0000 On 5/19/19 5:03 PM, RW via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2019 16:10:09 -0500 > Tim Daneliuk wrote: > >> 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" > > You need to install the package devcpu-data or the port > sysutils/devcpu-data. > > The microcode is then loaded from the rc.d script (as above) or > alternately from loader.conf. OK, that makes more sense now, thanks. What about cloud based servers like Digital Ocean FreeBSD droplets? Does microcode updating even make sense in that context since the underlying system is actually what touches the hardware? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/