update-intel-microcode(8) check and download new intel microcode

SYNOPSIS

update-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.

EXAMPLE

update-intel-microcode
checks, and eventually downloads, installs and loads a new microcode.

FILES

/usr/share/misc/intel-microcode.dat
The default microcode location

AUTHOR

This utility is written by Giacomo Catenazzi for Debian.