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Unless your firmware vendor updates the microcode embedded in your firmware and you update to that newer firmware, the new microcode is loaded at runtime and wo
by mjg59 5y ago
Unless your firmware vendor updates the microcode embedded in your firmware and you update to that newer firmware, the new microcode is loaded at runtime and won't persist over power cycles. The old microcode is still available, yes.
- anonymousiam 5y agoYes, I understand that the upgraded firmware is loaded after boot (unless burned into the MB ROM). What I'm looking for is availability of the old firmware blobs. Intel probably has copyright on them and can control their distribution.
- michaellarabel 5y agoYes, some former releases at least via https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Dat... is what I use during some of my past/present Linux testing
- anonymousiam 5y agoThank you Michael! Please keep up the excellent work at Phoronix!