Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-04-05 Thread Robert Arkiletian
There is a new guidance document from Intel here https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-update-guidance.pdf Changes since the previous release are highlighted in yellow. Unfortunately, the latest microcode here

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-25 Thread Robert Arkiletian
On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: ... > > Comparing microcode-20171117 with microcode-20180108 shows that > from the 94 ucode files only 19 where updated > > $ diff -r --brief microcode-20171117 microcode-20180108 > Files

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread Leon Fauster
> Am 24.01.2018 um 22:22 schrieb Chris Adams : > > Once upon a time, Chris Murphy said: >> "We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system >> manufacturers, software vendors and end users stop deployment of >> current versions." Current

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Chris Murphy said: > "We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system > manufacturers, software vendors and end users stop deployment of > current versions." Current versions of what? Microcode? Well, that's the only thing Intel provides for

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread m . roth
mark > - Original Message - > From: "Chris Murphy" <li...@colorremedies.com> > To: "centos" <centos@centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:06:01 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6 > &g

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread Valeri Galtsev
n't plan to address these things at all ;-) Valeri > > - Original Message - > From: "Chris Murphy" <li...@colorremedies.com> > To: "centos" <centos@centos.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:06:01 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmw

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread Leroy Tennison
os@centos.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:06:01 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6 On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:26 AM, Johnny Hughes <joh...@centos.org> wrote: > > Here are a couple of posts for our reading pleasure: > > Intel re

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-24 Thread Chris Murphy
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 4:26 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Here are a couple of posts for our reading pleasure: > > Intel recommends not installing the microcode now: > http://intel.ly/2DsL9qz Except this doesn't mention microcode at all. I can't even tell WTF they're

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-23 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/22/2018 10:06 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > On 01/22/18 09:08, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 01/18/2018 09:42 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 01/18/18 03:41, Pete Biggs wrote: > Look at: > > https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH > > Get the latest microcode.dat file from

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-22 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On 01/22/18 09:08, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 01/18/2018 09:42 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: On 01/18/18 03:41, Pete Biggs wrote: Look at: https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY See how to update the microcode from the links at the

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-22 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/18/2018 09:42 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > On 01/18/18 03:41, Pete Biggs wrote: >> >>> Look at: >>> >>> https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH >>> >>> Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: >>> >>> https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY >>> >>> See how to update the microcode from the links at the bottom of

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On 01/18/18 12:55, Matthew Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:45:42AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates.

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Phil Perry
On 18/01/18 18:55, Matthew Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:45:42AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates.

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:45:42AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > >>Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest > >>microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? > >Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates. Apply > >those. > > > Thanks for the

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 01/18/18 11:31, Matthew Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:01:18AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates.

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 01/18/18 11:31, Matthew Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:01:18AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates.

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread isdtor
> OK, so color me confused about the timing in all this. > > Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest microcode_ctl > rpm is available and then tackle this issue? The message is: stay away from microcode updates because they're broken right now. Intel may or may not

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Matthew Miller
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:01:18AM -0500, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > Do we update the microcode now or do we wait until the latest > microcode_ctl rpm is available and then tackle this issue? Check with your hardware vendor for BIOS/EFI firmware updates. Apply those. -- Matthew Miller

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Peter Kjellström
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 04:03:48 -0600 Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/18/2018 03:41 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > >> Look at: > >> > >> https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH > >> > >> Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: > >> > >> https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY > >> > >> See how to update the

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Pete Geenhuizen
On 01/18/18 09:01, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 01/18/2018 07:51 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: So, if we applied the previous microcode update, and all our machines rebooted OK, then we don't need to fallback? Also, do we

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On 01/18/18 03:41, Pete Biggs wrote: Look at: https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY See how to update the microcode from the links at the bottom of this page: https://t.co/EOgclWdHCw An before anyone asks .. I have no idea why Red

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/18/2018 07:51 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Johnny Hughes > wrote: > > > >> On 01/18/2018 03:41 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > >>> > Look at: > >

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/18/2018 07:51 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> On 01/18/2018 03:41 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: >>> Look at: https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH Get the latest microcode.dat file from here:

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/18/2018 03:41 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > > > >> Look at: > >> > >> https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH > >> > >> Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: > >> > >> https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY > >> > >> See how to update the

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/18/2018 03:41 AM, Pete Biggs wrote: > >> Look at: >> >> https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH >> >> Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: >> >> https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY >> >> See how to update the microcode from the links at the bottom of this page: >> >> https://t.co/EOgclWdHCw >> >> An before

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-18 Thread Pete Biggs
> Look at: > > https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH > > Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: > > https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY > > See how to update the microcode from the links at the bottom of this page: > > https://t.co/EOgclWdHCw > > An before anyone asks .. I have no idea why Red Hat chose this

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-17 Thread Leon Fauster
> Am 17.01.2018 um 23:22 schrieb Johnny Hughes : > > On 01/17/2018 03:24 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> An update just brought on my CenOS 6 boxes updated microcode.dat files: >> >> /lib/firmware/microcode.dat >> >> Does anybody know off hand what (how

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-17 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/17/2018 03:24 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Dear All, > > An update just brought on my CenOS 6 boxes updated microcode.dat files: > >  /lib/firmware/microcode.dat > > Does anybody know off hand what (how critical) is that, as, if it is > related to most famous these days trouble with CPU

Re: [CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-17 Thread Phil Perry
On 17/01/18 21:24, Valeri Galtsev wrote: Dear All, An update just brought on my CenOS 6 boxes updated microcode.dat files:  /lib/firmware/microcode.dat Does anybody know off hand what (how critical) is that, as, if it is related to most famous these days trouble with CPU hardware, I will

[CentOS] /lib/firmware/microcode.dat update on CentOS 6

2018-01-17 Thread Valeri Galtsev
Dear All, An update just brought on my CenOS 6 boxes updated microcode.dat files: /lib/firmware/microcode.dat Does anybody know off hand what (how critical) is that, as, if it is related to most famous these days trouble with CPU hardware, I will need to reboot relevant boxes to have new