Re: AMD microcode updates (sysutils/devcpu-data-amd)

From: mike tancsa <mike_at_sentex.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:44:39 UTC
On 7/25/2023 10:17 AM, infoomatic wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you can "kldload cpuctl" and then use the pkg x86info with "x86info
> --microcode" to list the currently running cpu firmware version.
>
Thanks very much, that was exactly what I was looking for!

before and after


Microcode patch level: 0x8301052


Microcode patch level: 0x830107a

     ---Mike


> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
> On 25.07.23 14:42, mike tancsa wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>      Was looking to update the handful of AMD based servers I have for
>> the Zenbleed patch.  I am used to Intel CPUs where they get updated at
>> boot time in /boot/firmware.  But when I install the AMD port, I dont
>> see it ever installed there.  If I do a userland start
>>
>> # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/microcode_update start
>> Updating CPU Microcode...
>> Done.
>> #
>>
>> it seems to work, in that dmesg shows
>>
>> CPU: AMD EPYC 7302P 16-Core Processor (3000.06-MHz
>> K8-class CPU)
>>    Origin="AuthenticAMD"  Id=0x830f10  Family=0x17  Model=0x31 
>> Stepping=0
>> Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT> 
>>
>> Features2=0x7ed8320b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,FMA,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND> 
>>
>>    AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
>>    AMD
>> Features2=0x75c237ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,WDT,TCE,Topology,PCXC,PNXC,DBE,PL2I,MWAITX,<b30>> 
>>
>>    Structured Extended
>> Features=0x219c91a9<FSGSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,PQM,PQE,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,CLWB,SHA> 
>>
>>    Structured Extended Features2=0x400004<UMIP,RDPID>
>>    XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
>>    AMD Extended Feature Extensions ID
>> EBX=0x18cf757<CLZERO,IRPerf,XSaveErPtr>
>>    SVM: NP,NRIP,VClean,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=32768
>>    TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
>>
>>
>> But how do I know if the microcode got updated ? The dmesg displaying
>> the features are the same. Is there a command to show the microcode
>> version before and after  for AMD CPUs ?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>      ---Mike
>>
>>
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