I am the maintainer of the intel-microcode and iucode-tool packages, used to update the microcode[1] on Intel system processors (CPU chip).
I'd like to know whether the kernel microcode update is working well on some of the older Intel 32-bit processors or not. These computers were sold between years 2000 and 2010. This information will be used to decide the level of microcode update support for these processors on the next non-free release (Jessie). If you happen to run Debian or Ubuntu on a computer with an old Intel processor (Pentium M, Celeron M, Pentium 4 Mobile, Mobile Celeron, Pentium 4, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium D, Celeron D, Core Solo, etc), and you have the intel-microcode package installed, I ask you to run this simple test command in a terminal emulator (xterm, konsole, system console, etc): grep microcode.*update /var/log/dmesg The command above searches for a specific log message during boot that tells me whether the microcode is being updated by Debian/Ubuntu or not. If the test above returned something, it would be really helpful if you could send me a reply (feel free to email it directly to me) with the result of the following commands: grep microcode /var/log/dmesg cat /proc/cpuinfo These commands display microcode-related log messages, and also some CPU information (processor name, family, model and stepping, microcode version, etc). Thank you! [1] A microcode update is a process used to fix defects (errata) on the system processor, by updating its internal control program (microcode). https://wiki.debian.org/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 debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140826184906.ga14...@khazad-dum.debian.net