Bug#684569: microcode module loaded on Celeron CPU
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> You can see why an OS distributor would be stuck in this situation,
> though. If the microcode updates are installed by default, Debian is
> taking responsibility for their effect (in the sense of receiving bug
> reports and providing updates when appropriate to address them). And
> that is very hard to do without the corresponding source code.
It is not the lack of "source code"[1] that is the problem. It is the
absolute lack of any sort of release guidance whatsoever from Intel when a
new microcode update is made available.
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Henrique Holschuh
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