[Bug 1386257] Re: intel-microcode should be installed by default, when the CPU is GenuineIntel

[Tyler Hicks]

@amribrahim1987 you've probably noticed but we have released an
amd64-microcode update recently:

  https://usn.ubuntu.com/3690-1/

Updates for AMD microcode will be provided in the amd64-microcode
package and not in linux-firmware.

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Title:
  intel-microcode should be installed by default, when the CPU is
  GenuineIntel

Status in intel:
  Fix Released
Status in Ubuntu Kylin:
  Fix Released
Status in amd64-microcode package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-drivers-common package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubuntukylin-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  intel-microcode should be installed by default on the bare-metal
  systems which are running on GenuineIntel CPUs, by the installers.

  Similarly other microcode packages for other CPUs brands should be
  considered for inclusion (e.g. amd64-microcode).

  I hope that ubuntu-drivers-common can gain ability to detect cpu
  series and/or vendors, packages that provide microcodes similarly
  declare support for cpu series and/or vendors, the microcode packages
  are shipped on the CDs in the pool directory, and installed on to the
  target machines as part of the installation.

  This should help with rapid correction of bugs and behaviour of the
  CPUs in the field.

  2017 update, amd64-microcode should also be seeded, as it is useful to
  have it autoinstallable. In the recent years there have been critical
  CPU security vulnerabilities which got fixed with microcode updates.

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