On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:46:23 -0600 Dutch Ingraham <stoa@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm having an issue with Intel microcode loading. Specifically, the microcode > does not appear to be loading the latest version: > > ~ $ dmesg | grep microcode > [ 0.000000] microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0x19, date = 2013-06-21 > [ 0.931272] microcode: sig=0x106a5, pf=0x2, revision=0x19 > [ 0.931319] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2. > > > My processor is: > > ~ $ grep -E 'family|model|stepping' -m 4 /proc/cpuinfo > cpu family : 6 > model : 26 > model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3503 @ 2.40GHz > stepping : 5 > > The Intel website indicates the latest version of microcode for this processor > is version 20171117 [1]. However, as indicated above, the version loaded at > boot is dated 2013-06-21. > > I have the latest stable version of intel-ucode installed: > > ~ $ pacman -Q intel-ucode > intel-ucode 20180108-1 > > I have updated GRUB with <grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg>, and rebooted. > The grub.cfg file shows, as the last line in the menuentry: > 'initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img' > > I am using a stock kernel: > > ~ $ uname -a > Linux arch2 4.15.5-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 22 22:15:20 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > Can someone help me determine what is going on here? > > > [1] https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27337/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File?product=40799 You're looking at the dates that the last *bundle* was released. That says nothing about what firmware is available for your processor. Your microcode was "updated early", so it is being loaded just fine. Scimmia
