Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <h...@debian.org> (2013-09-28): > Package: release.debian.org > Severity: normal > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: pu > > Dear stable release manager(s), > > Please authorize an update of intel-microcode for wheezy, to version > 1.20130906.1. > > Intel released yet another microcode update. I don't have much data about > this one, but it basically updates the Nehalem Embedded Xeons (that were > left out by Intel in the 20130808 update currently in proposed-updates), and > the new Haswell non-Xeon processors. > > The Embedded Xeon updates are very likely to be for the same reason all > other Core i* and their Xeon counterparts were updated, i.e. the security > issues and data corruption bugs. > > There is not much data on the Haswell processors' update, however there is > some stuff marked as "It is possible for the BIOS to contain a fix for this > issue" in their spec updates, and that's Intel lingo for "fixed by a > microcode update", it is a fair guess that it addresses some or all of those > errata. > > The package also fixes an old (Debian) issue, where microcode for the very > old Xeon processors with Nocona core was not being shipped for the amd64 > arch. > > Anyway, the diff for the proposed packages to update stable is attached. > > This is a diff from the packages *already* in proposed-updates. Most of the > diff is documentation (changelog) changes. There are NO script/code > changes. > > As usual, I've left out the hunk for the upstream microcode data file > change, as it is enourmous and doesn't show anything useful.
There is not much data on what release managers think about rushing upgrades into p-u, but the fact there's no definitive data point on the microcode update, and the fact that it has been available for less than a week seem to point out that letting this update reach p-u before the next point release is highly unlikely. Mraw, KiBi.
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