On 01/17/2018 03:24 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Dear All, > > An update just brought on my CenOS 6 boxes updated microcode.dat files: > > /lib/firmware/microcode.dat > > Does anybody know off hand what (how critical) is that, as, if it is > related to most famous these days trouble with CPU hardware, I will need > to reboot relevant boxes to have new microcode loaded. But if it is not > that critical, it can wait till next reboot. > > Thanks a lot and apologies for laziness (not looking into details of > this particular update myself). As Phil said, this basically REMOVES the new microcode.dat file and reverts to the last stable one before the spectre / meltdown update set. Please see my tweet about this: https://twitter.com/JohnnyCentOS/status/953734648764477440 For those of you without twitter (WHAT .. who doesn't have twitter :D ) Look at: https://t.co/6fT61xgtGH Get the latest microcode.dat file from here: https://t.co/zPwagbeJFY See how to update the microcode from the links at the bottom of this page: https://t.co/EOgclWdHCw An before anyone asks .. I have no idea why Red Hat chose this path, they did. It doesn't matter if I (or anyone else) agrees with the decision. It is what it is. Thanks. Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20180117/f5cca48a/attachment-0005.sig>