This is the initial version of a new "microcode" dracut module
that can be used to update the microcode on Intel(R) CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Guido Trentalancia <guido@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
modules.d/00microcode/module-setup.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
modules.d/99base/init.sh | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff -pruN dracut-git/modules.d/00microcode/module-setup.sh dracut-git-microcode-update/modules.d/00microcode/module-setup.sh
--- dracut-git/modules.d/00microcode/module-setup.sh 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ dracut-git-microcode-update/modules.d/00microcode/module-setup.sh 2016-04-16 01:11:20.719287468 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Dracut module to update the microcode on Intel(R) CPUs
+# Copyright 2016 Guido Trentalancia <guido@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+# called by dracut
+check() {
+ [[ "$mount_needs" ]] && return 1
+
+ require_binaries microcode_ctl || return 1
+
+ return 0
+}
+
+# called by dracut
+depends() {
+ return 0
+}
+
+# called by dracut
+install() {
+ inst microcode_ctl
+
+ inst_dir /lib/firmware
+ inst /lib/firmware/microcode.dat
+}
diff -pruN dracut-git/modules.d/99base/init.sh dracut-git-microcode-update/modules.d/99base/init.sh
--- dracut-git/modules.d/99base/init.sh 2016-04-14 22:21:22.681548895 +0200
+++ dracut-git-microcode-update/modules.d/99base/init.sh 2016-04-16 01:09:58.517080944 +0200
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ if ! ismounted /dev/shm; then
mount -t tmpfs -o mode=1777,noexec,nosuid,nodev,strictatime tmpfs /dev/shm >/dev/null
fi
+# Update CPU microcode
+if [ -x /usr/sbin/microcode_ctl ]; then
+ MICROCODE_CTL=/usr/sbin/microcode_ctl
+elif [ -x /sbin/microcode_ctl ]; then
+ MICROCODE_CTL=/sbin/microcode_ctl
+fi
+[ $MICROCODE_CTL ] && [ ! -e /dev/cpu/microcode ] && echo "Creating microcode update device..." && mknod /dev/cpu/microcode c 10 184
+[ $MICROCODE_CTL ] && [ -e /lib/firmware/microcode.dat ] && $MICROCODE_CTL -u
+
if ! ismounted /run; then
mkdir -m 0755 /newrun
if ! str_starts "$(readlink -f /bin/sh)" "/run/"; then
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