[Bug 1770512] Re: Intel microcode update failed

[quanxian]

Have a try:

Please feel free delete /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/list and do `update-initramfs -u` again.
The list file is for 0day team to track what's inside a package, should not be in the formal release.

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Title:
  Intel microcode update failed

Status in intel-microcode package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Release: 18.04

  intel-microcode:
    Installed: 3.20180425.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1

  root at bionic:~# tar xzf microcode-20180425.tgz -C /lib/firmware/
  root at bionic:~# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload
  root at bionic:~# update-initramfs -u
  update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-20-generic
  /usr/sbin/iucode_tool: microcode bundle /lib/firmware/intel-ucode/list: unknown microcode format
  E: intel-microcode: failed to create or prepend the early initramfs to the initramfs

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