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fsflover
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Libreboot: Freedom-Respecting Boot Firmware
Are you saying that you can update the microcode on Thinkpad X200? How did you do that? I thought Intel stopped supporting it.
jabl
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Given the mention of 'intel-microcode', presumably the parent means the Intel CPU microcode that is loaded during Linux kernel boot.
kop316
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Yeah sorry, I should have been more specific, `interl-microcode` is a debian package that loads it on linux boot.
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But does it actually help against those vulnerabilities?
mistrial9
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Vcs-Browser:
https://salsa.debian.org/hmh/intel-microcode
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AFAIK it does yes.
kop316
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AFAIK it is supported:
https://wiki.debian.org/Microcode
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