Re: Updating processor microcode in stable (squeeze)
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 03:07:58PM -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
[...]
> 2. Uptake of these packages was low, and only picked up a bit after an
> announcement to some Debian MLs. However, once they started being
> recommended by the linux-firmware-nonfree packages in Wheeze, there was
> an extreme increase of uptake, as far as popcon data can tell
> us[1][2][3].
They are actually recommended by the firmware-linux metapackage.
[...]
> I'd also propose that the firmware-linux-nonfree package in stable be
> updated to "recommends: intel-microcode | amd64-microcode".
[...]
As there is no way to select the right one automatically, both
packages must be recommended.
Ben.
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