From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF8461580B9 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:14:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D5DDE09C1; Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:14:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B8D5BE0999 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:14:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 77DA568D5D for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:14:27 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:14:26 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firmware updates Message-ID: <20210823161426.6f39b1e9@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <24867.43976.157107.952329@tux.local> References: <24867.43976.157107.952329@tux.local> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.18.0 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/Z/+X8h6OsMP_2/.42scnRoy"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 6109f75e-af66-4349-94f2-acfd84ebe036 X-Archives-Hash: 3c7cb2d80a440067a26f22331df6f7db --Sig_/Z/+X8h6OsMP_2/.42scnRoy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:08:08 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > off and on I'm receiving updates of packages "sys-firmware/intel-micro- > code" and "sys-kernel/linux-firmware". My kernel has >=20 > $ grep ^CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE /usr/src/linux/.config > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=3D"intel-ucode/06-5e-03 i915/skl_dmc_ver1_27.bin > regulatory.db regulatory.db.p7s iwlwifi-3160-17.ucode" > CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=3D"/lib/firmware" $ >=20 > Is there any need for some postprocessing like booting when either of > these packages is updated? Normally my laptop is regularly hibernated > but it is rarely booted. Not every update of the microcode package has updates for every processor, but when yours is affected, you need to reboot. I use needrestart after all updates and then tells me if I need to reboot for newer microcode. Note that I don't compile the microcode into the kernel, I let emerge create an initramfs for it, so I don't need to recompile my kernel when there's an update, I suspect you do. --=20 Neil Bothwick WinErr 01F: Reserved for future mistakes of our developers. --Sig_/Z/+X8h6OsMP_2/.42scnRoy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAmEju1IACgkQ92eFu0QS MJgjgQ//YHsiWnSkNGNJDTKwYVYGn9qi+2US4diYwQlmrBsj6s4NJ2qljvfPsE4A 0cRD7A8u77FPQ3iHkMlFCR3XC7xtWmn92CVbHGVUKmBtwMrkVLMwl3cWbrt/NgYd Pi5TUw6gF1j0IoAII2J3tkiMW7a9QwmjkSKi9SohQmD39xnMtC7Rq1Luhwh5kJ5V 4Kt6qZ1TZWcZqhWGPmtvcovnxyILj9OcHu6iHi3bz2kgYYTGUrTbfEgDZ1D7xOO/ mrKLtX2qsX6CTYBcXF1QJ1hmaZEj9n3VLGClAnT+XXegj1PeDmkp9YfoHXkc93+X DprKM6/7KkodXPSxzuYgl+S+8dmd6e2Q2OecBhFnmWT6Df7dyG+Md5OWVAskysAH iS31zc6wTh/rK67k3QCpG2T5/MYR3LRh8JCzQr6vGUvnOvgKUyr4d/W6bqiSxMps FnvigUMl8QeFVtuaIR6fkcVtQCV/tpLaRQ9HvIa9UwGZm2HyrpgHm2a+o3iEjCOB 4kpuCwLyPsHm9g+qHVeb8n8307g/gW5q64Kiz+cDnVlBzPG3zmDOQMjQfq/z3bMz IGFvFfCkT0YD/Nq6G2Y5MsBB5HToxCfyIt5oDYlyqUQd9NOPPKCFbS1bdHL6LiWF gSM0d0WqHH3xMqV/bUemUkvii/VkAXyghfsacgVraQ6L58BBHzM= =UiUl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Z/+X8h6OsMP_2/.42scnRoy--