Re: [coreboot] Does the Core2Quad Mobile Q9100 require microcode updates?

[Timothy Pearson]

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On 01/09/2017 11:36 AM, ron minnich wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:23 AM [e-mail] 
> <[e-mail] > wrote:
> On 01/08/2017 06:50 PM, Daniel Kulesz via coreboot wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > for the record: I had the Q9000 (not Q9100) running in my Thinkpad
> T500 for a few weeks now without microcode updates and did not
> encounter any issues so far.
>
>
> absence of proof is not proof of absence.

I would personally be very wary of running Intel CPUs without microcode
updates.  Intel relies heavily on that "patch after ship" feature to
iron out serious bugs (i.e. privilege escalation) in their hardware.

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Timothy Pearson
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