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.
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 2016-11-09, in testing
since 2016-11-15, and in jessie-backports since 2016-11-17, without any
issues being reported.
The large change in the "upstream" changelog reflects a change on
iucode-tool v2.0 output when listing microcodes: the "pf mask" field was
renamed to "pf_mask" to get rid of the embedded space.
Relevant information from debian/changelog:
+ Supposed to fix critical Intel TSX erratum BDE85 on Xeon-D 1500 Y0
+ Known to fix critical errata on several Xeon-D 1500 models which
will crash vmware (KB2146388) and likely cause problems for Linux
as well
+ Fixes likely critical errata (which ones unknown) on Broadwell-E
(Core extreme edition 5th gen, Xeon E5v4, Xeon E7v4)
+ Removes (very likely outdated) microcode for the C3500 and C5500 family
of embedded Xeon (Jasper Forest). These embedded Xeons are typically
found on (older) network equipment appliances such as firewalls/IPS/IDS,
and also on data storage devices, and thus are supposed to receive
microcode updates through their vendors
This microcode update is important to get Debian to run in a more stable
way on the Xeon-D 1500, and on the Broadwell-E processors.
As usual, you will find attached the debdiff output with the changes in
the microcode data files removed for brevity. Note that an older
microcode data file (20101123) that was *not* used by the build process
anymore was also removed.
Diffstat:
Makefile | 21
changelog | 726
debian/changelog | 56
debian/compat |2
debian/control |4
microcode-20101123.dat |27048 -
microcode-20160714.dat |59389 ---
microcode-20161104.dat |61630 +
8 files changed, 62079 insertions(+), 86797 deletions(-)
(diffstat of the abridged debdiff, for better resolution):
Makefile | 21 +
changelog| 726 +++
debian/changelog | 56
debian/compat|2
debian/control |4
5 files changed, 449 insertions(+), 360 deletions(-)
Thank you!
--
Henrique Holschuh
diff -Nru intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/changelog intel-microcode-3.20161104.1~deb8u1/changelog
--- intel-microcode-3.20160714.1~deb8u1/changelog 2016-07-31 18:11:41.0 -0300
+++ intel-microcode-3.20161104.1~deb8u1/changelog 2016-12-16 08:53:58.0 -0200
@@ -1,496 +1,508 @@
+2016-11-04:
+ * New Microcodes:
+sig 0x00050663, pf_mask 0x10, 2016-10-12, rev 0x70d, size 20480
+sig 0x00050664, pf_mask 0x10, 2016-06-02, rev 0xf0a, size 21504
+
+ * Updated Microcodes:
+sig 0x000306f2, pf_mask 0x6f, 2016-10-07, rev 0x0039, size 32768
+sig 0x000406f1, pf_mask 0xef, 2016-10-07, rev 0xb1f, size 25600
+
+ * Removed Microcodes:
+sig 0x000106e4, pf_mask 0x09, 2013-07-01, rev 0x0003, size 6144
+
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
+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
+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,
