amd-ucode on Intel HW 15 April 2022, 21:08:43 Recently on runit-20220123 plasma-discover "advised" me to update 3 packages:amd-ucodelinux-firmwarelinux-firmware-whenceAre they necesssary on an Intel laptop? If not, should uninstall them?And most importantly can any of them result in such a surprise?
Re: amd-ucode on Intel HW Reply #1 – 15 April 2022, 22:04:49 I installed them on my pentium single board minix and they have done no harm as far as i can tell. that is all i know.
Re: amd-ucode on Intel HW Reply #2 – 15 April 2022, 22:52:22 If you have Intel CPU, they have their own microcode package, which could cause the problems like you linked if there's something wrong with a particular version; meanwhile, installing amd-ucode shouldn't make any difference apart from a small HDD space waste. linux-firmware-whence seems to contain the license files only, and therefore is also harmless. As for linux-firmware, it contains the firmware binary blobs: some devices could run blobless, others won't work without blobs at all, others may work with a limited functionality (i.e. if they have an older version of blob stored in their ROM). So, the difference from installing a linux-firmware package - depends on your hardware configuration.
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