Re: Status of microcode updates

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On Friday, 09 December 2016 at 13:41, Josh Boyer wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 7:30 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 12/09/2016 01:22 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 6:10 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> >>> What about default Fedora installations?  Do they come with early boot
> >>> microcode updates?
> >>
> >> Yes.  Dracut is configured to create and apply early microcode
> >> updates.  It uses whatever version of microcode is installed at the
> >> time the kernel is installed and the initramfs is created.
> >
> > This is good.  Will the initramfs also be regenerated using dracut if Fedora
> > ships a microcode update?
> 
> No.  The initramfs is never regenerated automatically.  Only a kernel
> installation creates it, and it only gets regenerated if someone does
> that by hand.

Maybe it should be regenerated when the package containing microcode
gets updated, then?

Regards,
Dominik
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