Re: Downfall microcode update

Reply: Dag-Erling_Smørgrav : "Re: Downfall microcode update"
In reply to: Stefan Bethke : "Downfall microcode update"
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From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:40:04 UTC

09.08.2023 14:30, Stefan Bethke wrote:

> https://downfall.page/#faq
> 
> Apparently, Intel will be issuing a microcode update for this. What is the recommended way to automatically apply these during boot? I see that I have cpupdate-g20180513_4 installed, which appears to be maintained despite the scarily old date in the version number :-) https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/cpupdate/
> 
> The servers I'm concerned about are old enough to not receive BIOS updates ever again.

Hi!

I maintain the port of cpupdate. Mentioned date corresponds to the version of the utility itself, not to microcodes it uses
that are not part of the port/package.

Ports users can use one-time "make install-microcodes" convenience helper to download whole bunch of microcode updates
for various Intel CPUs. Package users can use one-time "service cpupdate download" that does the same.

cpupdate_enable="YES" # in /etc/rc.conf should be enough