Author: ken
Date: Thu Jun 7 19:00:32 2018
New Revision: 20194
Log:
Firmware - add latest intel microcode, and note that AMD Fam17h is in a
separate file (although most models are not updated).
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent Wed Jun 6 09:15:51 2018 (r20193)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent Thu Jun 7 19:00:32 2018 (r20194)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
<!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
-<!ENTITY day "05"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "07"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "06"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2018">
<!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
<!ENTITY copyholder "The BLFS Development Team">
<!ENTITY version "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "June 5th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "June 7th, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!-- x.y|development -->
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Wed Jun 6 09:15:51
2018 (r20193)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Thu Jun 7 19:00:32
2018 (r20194)
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
</listitem>
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>June 7th, 2018</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Update to (intel) microcode-20180425 (this only affects
+ some Broadwell E machines (previous microcode withdrawn) and Gemini
+ Lake Pentium/Celeron (new microcode). Fixes
+ <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10844">#10844</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>June 5th, 2018</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml Wed Jun 6 09:15:51 2018
(r20193)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/config/firmware.xml Thu Jun 7 19:00:32 2018
(r20194)
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@
<para>Intel provide frequent updates of their microcode. It is not uncommon
to find a newer version of microcode for an Intel processor even two years
- after its release. New versions of AMD firmware are less common.</para>
+ after its release. New versions of AMD firmware are rare and usually only
+ apply to a few models, although motherboard manufacturers get extra updates
+ which maybe update microcode along with the changes to support newer CPUs
+ and faster memory.</para>
<para>There used to be two ways of loading the microcode, described as
'early'
and 'late'. Early loading happens before userspace has been started, late
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@
<para>The first step is to get the most recent version of the Intel
microcode. This must be done by navigating to
- <ulink
url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27591/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
+ <ulink
url='https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27776/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File'/>
and following the instructions there. As of this writing the most recent
version of the microcode is <filename>microcode-20180312.tgz</filename>.
Extract this file in the normal way to create an
<filename>intel-ucode</filename>
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@
from <ulink
url='&sources-anduin-http;/linux-firmware/amd-ucode/'/>.
The family is always specified in hex. Families 10h to 14h (16 to 20)
- are in microcode_amd.bin. Families 15h and 16h have their own
containers.
+ are in microcode_amd.bin. Families 15h, 16h and 17h have their own
containers.
Create the required directory and put the firmware you downloaded into
it as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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