[Bug 192487] cpucontrol uses unsafe procedure to detect current microcode version
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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 10:37:11 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192487 --- Comment #13 from moon300web@gmx.net --- I'm updating my laptop's microcode as follows pkg install devcpu-data-intel vi /etc/loader.conf cpu_microcode_load="YES" cpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/06-8e-0c" (06-8e-0c downloaded from https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/tree/main/intel-ucode) This seems to work: dmesg | grep -C 4 microcode VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics real memory = 8589934592 (8192 MB) avail memory = 7844245504 (7480 MB) CPU microcode: updated from 0xea to 0xec <---- System runs BIOS version 1.75, version 0xea, which is updated Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600 ACPI APIC Table: <LENOVO TP-N2I > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 hardware threads cpupdate -i Found CPU(s) from Intel Core 0 to 7: CPUID: 806ec Fam 06 Mod 8e Step 0c Flag 80 uCode 000000ec If cpucontrol is run manually it seems to try and load an incorrect microcode file: cpucontrol -vv -u /dev/cpuctl0 cpucontrol: found cpu type 0 family 0x6 model 0xe stepping 0xc. .. /usr/local/share/cpucontrol/06-86-05.01: updating cpu /dev/cpuctl0 from rev 0xec to rev 0xb00000f... failed. <---- incorrect file! cpucontrol: ioctl(): File exists .. cpucontrol: skipping /usr/local/share/cpucontrol/06-8e-0c.94 of rev 0xea: up to date .. cpucontrol: skipping /usr/local/share/cpucontrol/06-8e-0c of rev 0xec: up to date There still seems to be something wrong in the detection of Intel CPU revision on FreeBSD 13.0 Running: FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p8 on Lenovo T590 kernel: CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8365U CPU @ 1.60GHz (1896.11-MHz K8-class CPU) kernel: Origin="GenuineIntel" Id=0x806ec Family=0x6 Model=0x8e Stepping=12 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.