Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Intel processor microcode security update
On Sat, 07 Sep 2013, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> [2013-09-03 09:05 -0300]:
> > You must also update the initramfs so that the processor microcode will be
> > updated after a reboot/power off. The packages will try to do it
> > automatically for the running kernel and that should be enough for most
> > users.
> >
> > However, if you use several different kernels, please update all the
> > initramfs images running "update-initramfs -k all -u" as root.
>
> My kernels don't need initramfs images. How to handle this?
The two easy ways are: either you start using initramfs, or you
need to make sure the microcode driver is a module (it is a module in the
standard Debian kernel), and that it is loaded on boot (add it to
/etc/modules).
More details are available in the intel-microcode package's documentation.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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