On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:08:08 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > off and on I'm receiving updates of packages "sys-firmware/intel-micro- > code" and "sys-kernel/linux-firmware". My kernel has > > $ grep ^CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-5e-03 i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin > regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode" > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" $ > > Is there any need for some postprocessing like booting when either of > these packages is updated? Normally my laptop is regularly hibernated > but it is rarely booted.
Not every update of the microcode package has updates for every processor, but when yours is affected, you need to reboot. I use needrestart after all updates and then tells me if I need to reboot for newer microcode. Note that I don't compile the microcode into the kernel, I let emerge create an initramfs for it, so I don't need to recompile my kernel when there's an update, I suspect you do. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 01F: Reserved for future mistakes of our developers.
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