tags 906958 upstream fixed-upstream
thanks
Hi Maik,
Maik Zumstrull <m...@zumstrull.net> writes:
> Package: needrestart
> Version: 3.3-1
>
> On this box, needrestart gives this message:
>
> The currently running processor microcode revision is 0x20 which is
> not the expected microcode revision 0x1f.
>
> Unless I'm misunderstanding the versioning scheme, this release is
> newer than what intel-microcode 3.20180703.2 ships. It's uploaded to
> the CPU pre-boot thanks to a mainboard firmware update.
>
> The check should probably be adjusted to warn about versions smaller
> than what's available from the OS, not just different.
I've patched upstream to parse and compare the revision hex strings as
numbers so this case is handled as up-to-date.
Regards,
Thomas
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