Intel CPU microcode packaging in RHEL: a fractal of kludges - DevConf.cz Mini | June 2022
Speaker: Eugene Syromiatnikov
The talk covers peculiarities related to the delivery of microcode for Intel IA-32 (x86 and x86-64) CPUs and the way they are addressed in RHEL. This includes:
implementation of Intel IA-32 CPU microcode update loading in the Linux kernel;
packaging of the microcode update files in Fedora and RHEL;
the reasons for maintaining a separate linux-firmware package;
handling of stability issues related to microcode updates;
current issues with microcode updates packaging in Fedora and RHEL, as well as their possible solutions.
Sched: https://sched.co/11l5v
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