Paul Menzel has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/47762 )
Change subject: Documentation: Mention newer Intel μ-code updates in 4.13 release notes ......................................................................
Documentation: Mention newer Intel μ-code updates in 4.13 release notes
Start a new section *Notes* for these kind of information.
Change-Id: I86be22cebb96e6f07676a9bc52794a4c12dad3e4 Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de --- M Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/62/47762/1
diff --git a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md index c9447a3..a5d05ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md +++ b/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.13-relnotes.md @@ -120,3 +120,27 @@ In order to minimize the usage of PCI bus mastering, the options we introduced in this release will be dropped in a future release again. For more details, please see [Preparations to minimize enabling PCI bus mastering](#preparations-to-minimize-enabling-pci-bus-mastering-in-coreboot). + +Notes +----- + +### Intel microcode updates + +Intel microcode updates tagged *microcode-20200616* are still included in our +builds. Note, [Intel released new microcode updates] +(https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/blob/mai...) +tagged + +1. *microcode-20201110* +1. *microcode-20201112* +1. *microcode-20201118* + +with security updates for [INTEL-SA-00381] +(https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00...) +and [INTEL-SA-00389] +(https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00...). + +Due to too short time for rigorous testing, and bad experience with botched +microcode updates in the past, these new updates are not included. Users wanting +to use those, can apply them in the operating system, or update the submodule +pointer themselves.