Bug#773479: pu: package intel-microcode/1.20140913.1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Control: tags -1 + confirmed wheezy

On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 17:59 -0200, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Please approve an update of intel-microcode in non-free stable (wheezy),
> to version 1.20140913.1.
> 
> Intel released in 2014-09-13 a new microcode update package, which targets
> their Haswell processors (server, mobile and desktop).
> 
> The 2014-09-13 microcode update is in unstable since 2014-10-19, and in
> jessie since 2014-10-30.  No issues were reported.
> 
> This update, among other errata fixes we know nothing about (as usual),
> disables Intel TSX instructions.  As it was widely published, Intel TSX
> instructions in the Haswell microarchitecture are subject to a critical
> errata that can cause unpredictable system behavior once they're used.

Please go ahead.

Regards,

Adam