On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 4:41 PM, Leon Fauster <leonfauster at googlemail.com> wrote: ... > > Comparing microcode-20171117 with microcode-20180108 shows that > from the 94 ucode files only 19 where updated > > $ diff -r --brief microcode-20171117 microcode-20180108 > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-3c-03 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-3c-03 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-3d-04 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-3d-04 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-3e-04 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-3e-04 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-3f-02 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-3f-02 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-3f-04 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-3f-04 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-45-01 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-45-01 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-46-01 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-46-01 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-47-01 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-47-01 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-4e-03 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-4e-03 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-55-04 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-55-04 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-56-02 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-56-02 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-56-03 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-56-03 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-5e-03 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-5e-03 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-7a-01 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-7a-01 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-8e-09 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-8e-09 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-9e-09 and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-9e-09 differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a differ > Files microcode-20171117/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b and microcode-20180108/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b differ > Files microcode-20171117/microcode.dat and microcode-20180108/microcode.dat differ > Files microcode-20171117/releasenote and microcode-20180108/releasenote differ > > > Microcode ID? > > $ awk '/cpu family/||/model\t/||/stepping/' /proc/cpuinfo |sort |uniq > > and convert it into hex > Thanks for this info Leon. Very helpful. I was trying to figure this out. Intel should make this clear on their microcode download page.