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-rw-r--r--system/intel-microcode/README45
-rw-r--r--system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.SlackBuild8
-rw-r--r--system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.info6
-rw-r--r--system/intel-microcode/slack-desc2
4 files changed, 34 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/system/intel-microcode/README b/system/intel-microcode/README
index fef45f24afe12..9eb300f9c043f 100644
--- a/system/intel-microcode/README
+++ b/system/intel-microcode/README
@@ -7,25 +7,30 @@ approach to getting this microcode update is via a BIOS upgrade, Intel realizes
that this can be an administrative hassle. The Linux operating system and VMware
ESX products have a mechanism to update the microcode after booting.
-This SlackBuild repackages the official Intel microcode tarball, placing the
-microcode.dat file under /lib/firmware/microcode.dat, which can be later
-uploaded using microcode_ctl utility (available from SlackBuilds.org).
+This SlackBuild repackages the official Intel microcode archive.
+
+The "microcode.dat" file is placed under /lib/firmware/microcode.dat and can be
+later uploaded using microcode_ctl utility (available from SlackBuilds.org).
+This approach (microcode.dat + microcode_ctl) is kept for compatibility reasons
+and should be avoided whenever possible. * Use the solution described below. *
If the iucode_tool (available from SlackBuilds.org) is installed on the system,
-this SlackBuild writes the microcodes with the file names expected by the Linux
-kernel firmware loader and places them under /lib/firmware/intel-ucode
-directory. In that case, the correct microcode is uploaded when the Intel
-microcode kernel's module is loaded.
-
-Please note that the method using the iucode_tool is preferred for multiple
-reasons, one being the deprecation of the kernel's interface used by the
-microcode_ctl utility.
-
-If you need to load the microcode early during the boot:
-1) read https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
-2) read the manual for iucode_tool, especially about --write-earlyfw option
-3) make sure your kernel has the followings:
- CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
- CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY=y
- CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=y
- CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY=y
+this SlackBuild will:
+
+1) write the microcodes with the file names as expected by the Linux kernel
+ firmware loader and place them under /lib/firmware/intel-ucode directory.
+ The correct microcode is uploaded when the Intel microcode kernel's module
+ is loaded.
+
+2) write the microcodes to an early initramfs archive: /boot/intel-ucode.cpio
+ This archive should be prepended to the regular initramfs to allow
+ the kernel to update processor microcode very early during system boot.
+
+To get started with early microcode loading, please have a look at:
+1) https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
+2) iucode_tool man page, especially about --write-earlyfw option.
+
+For example, on my system that uses syslinux, to load the microcode early
+during the boot process, the configuration file reads something like that:
+
+ INITRD /boot/intel-ucode.cpio,/boot/initrd-generic-4.4.x.gz
diff --git a/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.SlackBuild b/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.SlackBuild
index dfb9c2cd2a607..7fa2c2c984445 100644
--- a/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Slackware build script for intel-microcode
-# Copyright 2014 Andrzej Telszewski, Sabadell
+# Copyright 2016 Andrzej Telszewski, Banie
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
PRGNAM=intel-microcode
SRCNAM=microcode
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20151106}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20160607}
BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
ARCH=noarch
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ cp -a microcode.dat $PKG/lib/firmware
if [ -x /usr/sbin/iucode_tool ]; then
mkdir -p $PKG/lib/firmware/intel-ucode
- /usr/sbin/iucode_tool -v -L -K$PKG/lib/firmware/intel-ucode microcode.dat
+ /usr/sbin/iucode_tool -v --list-all -K$PKG/lib/firmware/intel-ucode microcode.dat
+ mkdir -p $PKG/boot
+ /usr/sbin/iucode_tool -v --write-earlyfw=$PKG/boot/intel-ucode.cpio microcode.dat
fi
mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.info b/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.info
index 2f17fd895402f..2e9f240d4487e 100644
--- a/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.info
+++ b/system/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
PRGNAM="intel-microcode"
-VERSION="20151106"
+VERSION="20160607"
HOMEPAGE="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://downloadmirror.intel.com/25512/eng/microcode-20151106.tgz"
-MD5SUM="288dc721fb39d71457ef2f5a49161f57"
+DOWNLOAD="https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26083/eng/microcode-20160607.tgz"
+MD5SUM="9be17f4afe5ee97e81659751e856af50"
DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
MD5SUM_x86_64=""
REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/system/intel-microcode/slack-desc b/system/intel-microcode/slack-desc
index c2460440f07c1..ec161789736a5 100644
--- a/system/intel-microcode/slack-desc
+++ b/system/intel-microcode/slack-desc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ intel-microcode: for all Intel processors. Intel releases microcode updates to
intel-microcode: correct processor behavior as documented in the respective processor
intel-microcode: specification updates.
intel-microcode:
+intel-microcode: Homepage: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/
intel-microcode:
intel-microcode:
-intel-microcode: Homepage: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/
intel-microcode: