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Template: microcode.ctl/check-new Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Do you want to check online for new Intel CPU microcodes? microcode.ctl package needs the Intel microcodes to be usefull. . Debian considers these microcode non-free (microcodes are program, but without sources), so they cannot distributed within this package. . The expected internet traffic is about 300-400Kb. Alternatively, you can check /usr/share/doc/microcode.ctl/README.Debian and download manually the microcodes or you can also run manually /usr/sbin/update-intel-microcode .
Source: microcode.ctl
Section: contrib/utils
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), po-debconf
Standards-Version: 3.7.2.2
Package: microcode.ctl
Architecture: i386 amd64
Depends: module-init-tools | modutils, udev | makedev (>> 2.3.1-52), po-debconf, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Suggests: wget, bzip2
Replaces: microcode-ctl
Description: Intel IA32/IA64 CPU Microcode Utility
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the IA32 microcode driver
written by Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>. The utility has two
uses:
.
a) it decodes and sends new microcode to the kernel driver to be
uploaded to Intel IA32 family processors. (Pentium Pro, PII,
Celeron, PIII, Xeon, Pentium 4, etc.) and the Intel x86_64
family processors
b) it signals the kernel driver to release any buffers it may hold
.
The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each
system boot i.e. it doesn't re-flash your CPU permanently, reboot and
it reverts back to the old microcode. The ideal place to load
microcode is in BIOS, but most vendors never update it!
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