Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt 4.1.9 and Spectre-Meltdown checks

2018-01-26 Thread WK
Updated info: https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/01/microcode-update-guidance.pdf Looks like Intel is now committing to support Sandy/Ivy Bridge. No mention of Westmere or earlier as of yet  :-( On 1/26/2018 10:13 AM, WK wrote: That cpu  is X5690. That is Westmere c

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt 4.1.9 and Spectre-Meltdown checks

2018-01-26 Thread WK
That cpu  is X5690. That is Westmere class.   We have a number of those doing 'meatball'  application loads that don't need the latest greatest cpu. I do not yet believe the Microcode fix for Westmere is out yet and it may never be. Intel has, so far, promised fixes for Haswell or better (i.e

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt 4.1.9 and Spectre-Meltdown checks

2018-01-26 Thread Arman Khalatyan
forgot to mention that the latest microcode update was a rollback of previous updates:) more info you can find there: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0093 Am 26.01.2018 10:50 vorm. schrieb "Gianluca Cecchi" < gianluca.cec...@gmail.com>: > Hello, > nice to see integration of Spectre-Mel

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt 4.1.9 and Spectre-Meltdown checks

2018-01-26 Thread Arman Khalatyan
you should download microcode from the intel web page and overwrite the /lib/firmware/intel-ucode or so...please check the readme. Am 26.01.2018 10:50 vorm. schrieb "Gianluca Cecchi" < gianluca.cec...@gmail.com>: Hello, nice to see integration of Spectre-Meltdown info in 4.1.9, both for guests an

[ovirt-users] oVirt 4.1.9 and Spectre-Meltdown checks

2018-01-26 Thread Gianluca Cecchi
Hello, nice to see integration of Spectre-Meltdown info in 4.1.9, both for guests and hosts, as detailed in release notes: I have upgraded my CentOS 7.4 engine VM (outside of oVirt cluster) and one oVirt host to 4.1.9. Now in General -> Software subtab of the host I see: OS Version: RHEL - 7 - 4