Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: override amd64-microcode provides microcode patches to AMD processors, and should ideally be installed by default on every system with an AMD AMD64 processor (regardless of whether it is running i386 or amd64 binaries/kernel). Unfortunately, it is non-free, but its priority should still reflect the fact that it should be installed by default in a system.
The package doesn't cause any issues on systems without an AMD processor, and can be co-installed with the intel-microcode package. It was initially uploaded with the wrong priority (extra) because of an oversight. I will also request that package intel-microcode be upgraded to priority standard on its next upload, as the same reasoning also applies to intel-microcode. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
