Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode/intel: Refresh the revisions that determine old_microcode

[Pawan Gupta]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 12:01:36PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote:
> Update the minimum expected revisions of Intel microcode based on the
> microcode-20250512 (May 2025) release.
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> # v6.15+
> Signed-off-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .../kernel/cpu/microcode/intel-ucode-defs.h   | 86 +++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel-ucode-defs.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel-ucode-defs.h
> index cb6e601701ab..2d48e6593540 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel-ucode-defs.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel-ucode-defs.h
> @@ -67,9 +67,8 @@
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0008, .driver_data = 0x1000191 },
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0010, .driver_data = 0x2007006 },
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0020, .driver_data = 0x3000010 },
> -{ .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0040, .driver_data = 0x4003605 },

".model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0040" is being removed? Total number of
entries in the table are being reduced by ~10.

> -{ .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0080, .driver_data = 0x5003707 },
> -{ .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0800, .driver_data = 0x7002904 },
> +{ .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0080, .driver_data = 0x5003901 },
> +{ .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x55, .steppings = 0x0800, .driver_data = 0x7002b01 },
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x56, .steppings = 0x0004, .driver_data = 0x1c },
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x56, .steppings = 0x0008, .driver_data = 0x700001c },
>  { .flags = X86_CPU_ID_FLAG_ENTRY_VALID, .vendor = X86_VENDOR_INTEL, .family = 0x6,  .model = 0x56, .steppings = 0x0010, .driver_data = 0xf00001a },
> @@ -81,51 +80,62 @@