Re: Downfall microcode update
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2023 00:13:00 UTC
On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 11:46:10AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> writes: >> cpupdate_enable="YES" # in /etc/rc.conf should be enough > >You mean > >microcode_update_enable="yes" > >DES What's the proper way then, for intel? 1. install sysutils/cpupdate and enable it in rc.conf ? 2. microcode_update_enable="yes" in rc.conf ? 3. in /boot/loader.conf: cpu_microcode_load="YES" cpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin" ? All 3 ? Just 1 & 2? Is just #3 sufficient? Make cron attempt to download updates daily, via service cpupdate download ? Is CPM needed? The manpage for cpupdate has this: CPUPDATE(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual CPUPDATE(8) NAME cpupdate TO BE DONE: MANPAGE FreeBSD 13.2-STABLE January 15, 2018 FreeBSD 13.2-STABLE --