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Uncommon? I'd venture to say that all desktop architectures have known bugs. Some are just documented, some are fixed by microcode, some require work arounds in

by tjoff 14y ago

Uncommon? I'd venture to say that all desktop architectures have known bugs. Some are just documented, some are fixed by microcode, some require work arounds in software "or" compilers. Example: (core i7, may 2011) http://download.intel.com/design/processor/specupdt/320836.pdf http://download.intel.com/design/processor/specupdt/320836.p... BIOS updates often contain bugfixes for your CPU.

dfc 14y ago
I don't like waiting for BIOS vendors to package cpu firmware updates and I don't like to update the BIOS unless I have to. If you are running debian just install (amd64|intel)-microcode[1]. The package provides the most recent microcode updates from the CPU vendor and updates the microcode on boot. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/11/msg00193.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/11/msg00193.html