[Feature] New CPU microcode - 20120606-v2

Bug #1055914 reported by Yingying Zhao
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Tim Gardner
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Tim Gardner

Bug Description

An microcode fix version 20120606-v2 will soon be publicly available in Intel Download Center within this week(ww39), which has included the latest microcode update for the missing CPU signature of Intel Xeon Processors E7 Family(Westmere-EX) in order to make the -v2 version accumulated.
The -v2 version contains the Ucode workaround for SAP reported Memory ordering failure of Westmere-EX; Besides there are also several version updates for Ivy Bridge and Jaketown.

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Yingying Zhao (yingying-zhao) wrote :

I will update the public availability once it's ready in Intel website.

Since it includes a fix for the Memory ordering failure reported by SAP on Intel Westmere-EX platforms, please consider to update the microcode to this new version in Ubuntu releases.

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Keve Gabbert (keve-a-gabbert) wrote :

updated microcode-20120606-v2 file is now available for download.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=21925

Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
visibility: private → public
Changed in intel-microcode (Ubuntu Quantal):
assignee: nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
status: New → In Progress
Changed in intel:
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package intel-microcode - 0.20120606-1ubuntu1

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intel-microcode (0.20120606-1ubuntu1) quantal; urgency=low

  * New upstream data file: microcode-20120606-v2
    -LP: #1055914
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:53:24 -0600

Changed in intel-microcode (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Changed in intel:
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Tim Hockin (thockin-hockin) wrote :

Why is this update not available on Precise?

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