MICROCODE_CTL(8)MICROCODE_CTL(8)NAMEupdate-intel-microcode - check and download new intel microcode
SYNOPSISupdate-intel-microcode [--no-reload]
DESCRIPTION
The update-intel-microcode is a script that check if there is a new
microcode data for the Intel CPU. Eventually it downloads, installs
and loads the new microcode data, used by the microcode_ctl(8) utility.
There is an optional argument:
--no-reload After installing the microcode, it dosn't try to load the
new microcode in the CPU.
EXAMPLEupdate-intel-microcode
checks, and eventually downloads, installs and loads a new
microcode.
FILES
/lib/firmware/intel-microcode/intel-microcode.dat
The default microcode location
AUTHOR
This utility is written by Giacomo Catenazzi for Debian.
SEE ALSOmicrocode_ctl(8)update-intel-microcode 17 May 2007 MICROCODE_CTL(8)