Intel cpu microcode

Antibiotic

Hi,
Is pfSense use latest intel microcode or should be install :

echo y | pkg install cpu-microcode

Gertjan

pfSense is build upon the FreeBSD kernel.
If microcode is avaible / exist for the CPU used, then it is part of the kernel, as it has to be put in place very early in the boot process.

@Antibiotic said in Intel cpu microcode:

echo y | pkg install cpu-microcode

Could not find anything related to that in the pfSense documentation so this is probably not something the pfSense admin has to bother about.

Have a look at the full boot process of your pfSense (console access). You'll see when microcode is handled.

stephenw10

pkg install will only look in the configured pfSense repo and those pkgs should already be installed:

[24.03-RELEASE][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: pkg search microcode
cpu-microcode-1.0              Meta-package for CPU microcode updates
cpu-microcode-amd-20231019     AMD CPU microcode updates
cpu-microcode-intel-20231114   Intel CPU microcode updates
cpu-microcode-rc-1.0_1         RC script for CPU microcode updates
[24.03-RELEASE][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: pkg info -x microcode
cpu-microcode-1.0
cpu-microcode-amd-20231019
cpu-microcode-intel-20231114
cpu-microcode-rc-1.0_1

Also if you want to run pkg commands like that you should do so from the CLI instead of having to pipe 'y' to it. That way you can see output and review it before allowing it.
But if you have to use the gui command prompt pkg has a switch for that: pkg install -y cpu-microcode

Steve