Package: release.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: jessie
User: release.debian@packages.debian.org
Usertags: pu
I would like to update the intel-microcode packages in stable to address
several critical errata in newer Intel processors, as well as to
properly support the Linux kernel 4.4 and later.
The updated packages being proposed in this bug report are identical to
the ones in unstable/testing and jessie-backports, other than
debian/changelog and version numbering.
These changes have been tested in unstable since 2016-07-22 and in
testing and jessie-backports since 2016-07-28, without any issues being
reported.
This microcode update is very important to get Debian to run in a more
stable way on the newer processors that have TSX enabled, but as usual,
it also fixes other unspecified errata, so it is important even for
processors without TSX.
As usual, you will find attached the debdiff output with the changes in
the two microcode data files removed for brevity...
Diffstat below:
Makefile |3
changelog | 23
debian/README.Debian | 237
debian/changelog | 140
debian/control |2
debian/initramfs.hook | 22
microcode-20151106.dat |43449 ---
microcode-20160714.dat |59389 +
8 files changed, 59733 insertions(+), 43532 deletions(-)
(diffstat of the abridged debdiff, for better resolution):
Makefile |3
changelog | 23
debian/README.Debian | 237 ++
debian/changelog | 140 +
debian/control|2
debian/initramfs.hook | 22 +++-
6 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
Thank you!
--
Henrique Holschuh
diff -Nru intel-microcode-3.20151106.1~deb8u1/changelog intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/changelog
--- intel-microcode-3.20151106.1~deb8u1/changelog 2015-12-28 11:54:52.0 -0200
+++ intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/changelog 2016-07-31 18:11:41.0 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+2016-07-14:
+ * Updated Microcodes:
+sig 0x000306f4, pf mask 0x80, 2016-06-07, rev 0x000d, size 15360
+sig 0x000406e3, pf mask 0xc0, 2016-06-22, rev 0x009e, size 97280
+sig 0x000406f1, pf mask 0xef, 2016-06-06, rev 0xb1d, size 25600
+sig 0x000506e3, pf mask 0x36, 2016-06-22, rev 0x009e, size 97280
+
+2016-06-07:
+ * New Microcodes:
+sig 0x000406e3, pf mask 0xc0, 2016-04-06, rev 0x008a, size 96256
+sig 0x000406f1, pf mask 0xef, 2016-05-20, rev 0xb1c, size 25600
+sig 0x00050662, pf mask 0x10, 2015-12-12, rev 0x000f, size 28672
+sig 0x000506e3, pf mask 0x36, 2016-04-06, rev 0x008a, size 96256
+
+ * Updated Microcodes:
+sig 0x000306c3, pf mask 0x32, 2016-03-16, rev 0x0020, size 22528
+sig 0x000306d4, pf mask 0xc0, 2016-04-29, rev 0x0024, size 17408
+sig 0x000306f2, pf mask 0x6f, 2016-03-28, rev 0x0038, size 32768
+sig 0x000306f4, pf mask 0x80, 2016-02-11, rev 0x000a, size 15360
+sig 0x00040651, pf mask 0x72, 2016-04-01, rev 0x001f, size 20480
+sig 0x00040661, pf mask 0x32, 2016-04-01, rev 0x0016, size 24576
+sig 0x00040671, pf mask 0x22, 2016-04-29, rev 0x0016, size 11264
+
2015-11-06:
* New Microcodes:
sig 0x000306f4, pf mask 0x80, 2015-07-17, rev 0x0009, size 14336
diff -Nru intel-microcode-3.20151106.1~deb8u1/debian/changelog intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/debian/changelog
--- intel-microcode-3.20151106.1~deb8u1/debian/changelog 2015-12-28 16:06:24.0 -0200
+++ intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/debian/changelog 2016-08-07 21:49:00.0 -0300
@@ -1,3 +1,141 @@
+intel-microcode (3.20160714.1~deb8u1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Rebuild for Debian jessie stable update (no changes)
+ * STABLE RELEASE MANAGER INFORMATION:
++ This is the same package which is in unstable since 2016-07-22,
+ and stretch (testing) and jessie-backports since 2016-07-28,
+ with no issues reported
++ Contains updated microcode for:
+ Skylake/H/DT, Broadwell/E/EP/H/DE/WS, Haswell/E/WS/EP/EX, and their
+ usual variants (U/ULT,Y,S...): mobile, desktop, embedded, single-
+ and dual-socket server/workstation. Also includes related Pentium
+ and Celeron
++ Somewhat unusually, this release includes an update for the
+ multi-socket Haswell-EX E7-v3 Xeon server processors
++ Fixes critical issues on Intel Skylake processors, such as:
+ - TSX unpredictable behavior
+ - AVX data/calculation corruption
+ - High-hitting crashes and hangs related to MCEs and power
+management errata that might make it impossible to even install
+Debian in the first place (systems with very outdated firmware)
++ Likely fixes a recently identified, critical but low-hitting TSX
+ erratum on Broadwell, Broadwell-E and related Xeons
+ (Broadwell-DE/WS/EP: Xeon-D 1500, E3-v4 and E5-v4)
++ Fix
