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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-08 19:26:18 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-08 19:26:18 +0000 |
commit | 5870552b6420b1c01a2a74c2f83fecddfdb991fe (patch) | |
tree | 4806d776869d92b2ae169b7b10fc5ae0a6376c81 /debian/intel-microcode.NEWS | |
parent | Adding upstream version 3.20240312.1. (diff) | |
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Adding debian version 3.20240312.1.debian/3.20240312.1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/intel-microcode.NEWS b/debian/intel-microcode.NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f18b00 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/intel-microcode.NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +intel-microcode (3.20140913.1) unstable; urgency=low + + This release drops support for automatically applying microcode + updates without a reboot. The microcode updates can still be applied + without a reboot through manual action of the system administrator, at + his own risk. + + Microcodes known to be dangerous have been renamed so that they will + not be found by the kernel. This is a reactive blacklisting: it is + unlikely to be complete at any point in time. + + The 3.x branch of the intel-microcode packages will only support Linux + kernels v3.10 and above. For older kernels, you must use the 1.x + branch of the intel-microcode packages. + + Refer to /usr/share/doc/intel-microcode/README.Debian for details. + + -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:27:57 -0300 + +intel-microcode (1.20130222.3) unstable; urgency=low + + This release adds support for early microcode updates on Linux kernel + v3.9 and later. It requires the kernel support for the feature to be + compiled in, the use of an initramfs, and also recent versions of the + iucode-tool and initramfs-tools packages. + + Early microcode updates greatly reduce the chances of system + malfunction due to any issues that are corrected by the microcode + update. The microcode will be updated while the kernel initializes + the boot processor, and before any other processors (in a multicore + system) are enabled. + + -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:03:30 -0300 + +intel-microcode (1.20120606.4) unstable; urgency=low + + The initramfs logic to automatically restrict the microcodes that have + to be installed using iucode-tool can fail in a very specific situation + when the intel-microcode package is installed for the first time at the + same time the _currently running_ kernel is being upgraded. + + intel-microcode will warn you should that happen, and will install all + microcodes, resulting in a much larger initramfs image than expected. + + If you did hit this failure mode and you believe the large initramfs + will cause problems for your system to reboot, please remove the + intel-microcode package to reduce the initramfs size, reboot to load + the upgraded kernel, and then reinstall the intel-microcode package. + + Once the intel-microcode package is installed, it will cooperate with + the kernel packages and automatically avoid the issue on future + upgrades. + + -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:02:20 -0300 + +intel-microcode (1.20120606.1) unstable; urgency=low + + This major release update changes how Debian handles Intel system + processor microcode updates. Initscripts and the old microcode.ctl + utility are not used to load microcode anymore. + + Previously, microcode.ctl would be used to read the text file + distributed by Intel (microcode.dat), convert it to binary, and upload + to /dev/cpu/microcode. This functionality has been deprecated in the + kernel upstream for a long time, the firmware loader and a sysfs + interface should be used instead. + + The Intel microcode.dat file is now preprocessed using iucode-tool when + the intel-microcode package is built, and the resulting binary data + files for /lib/firmware/intel-ucode are shipped, ready for use by the + kernel. + + The intel-microcode package now provides automation for autoloading + microcode from the initramfs, instead of relying on any initscripts. + Refer to the README files in /usr/share/ doc/intel-microcode for more + details; there is some limited support for /usr/share/misc/ + intel-microcode.dat files. + + If you don't use an initramfs for a custom-built kernel, please make + sure the microcode driver is a module, and to load it at a time + /lib/firmware is already available. Adding it to /etc/modules is + usually enough. In this specific case, /usr/share/misc/ + intel-microcode.dat is not supported, refer to the README files for + more detail. + + WARNING: if you have an old /usr/share/misc/intel-microcode.dat file, + it may cause problems because of the way Intel does microcode release + management. As a rule, it is best to remove outdated microcode.dat + files from the system. + + -- Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:06:06 -0300 |