On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:16:00PM -0400, Christopher David Howie wrote: > On 10/23/2019 9:16 PM, Kyle K wrote: > > In my grub.cfg I don't see anything that resembles "initrd > > /intel-ucode.img /initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64". > > On Debian, microcode updates are embedded in the main initrd, not put in > a secondary initrd. > > The /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/intel_microcode script is > responsible for adding the appropriate update files, scripts, and tools > to the initrd. > > > 1. Is microcode getting applied? > > If you have this package installed and have rebooted since the last > microcode update, then almost certainly.
You can also verify the presence of the files in the initramfs image: wooledg:~$ lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-6-amd64 | head kernel kernel/x86 kernel/x86/microcode kernel/x86/microcode/.enuineIntel.align.0123456789abc kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin . bin conf conf/arch.conf conf/conf.d
