INTEL-MICROCODE2UCODE(8) System Manager's Manual INTEL-MICROCODE2UCODE(8)
NAME
intel-microcode2ucode - convert Intel microcode.dat file into ucode
files
SYNOPSIS
intel-microcode2ucode [MICROCODE_FILE]
DESCRIPTION
intel-microcode2ucode parses Intel microcode combined text data file
(which usually has name microcode.dat) and splits it into individual
binary microcode files that can be loaded by the Linux kernel.
Generated microcode files are placed into intel-ucode directory, which
is created in the current working directory, and have file name format
of FF-MM-SS, where FF is the CPU family number, MM is the model number,
and SS is stepping. All three values are zero-filled to two digits and
are hexadecimal (letters are in the lower case).
This tool is mostly of historic interest, as Intel ships separate
microcode files now.
OPTIONS
MICROCODE_FILE
Path to the microcode.dat file. If no path has been provided,
the default path /lib/firmware/microcode.dat is used. If -
(single dash) is provided as an argument, data is read from the
standard input.
EXIT STATUS
0 Success.
1 Error occurred: temporary buffer cannot be allocated, input
microcode file cannot be opened, microcode version and/or format
are unknown, cannot open output file, cannot write to the output
file.
REPORTING BUGS
Problems with intel-microcode2ucode should be reported to Red Hat
Bugzilla <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/>
AUTHORS
intel-microcode2ucode was written by Kay Sievers <kay.sievers AT vrfy.org>
and Anton Arapov <anton AT redhat.com>. This manpage was written for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux and may be used, modified, and/or distributed
freely by anyone.
SEE ALSO
iucode-tool, a tool for manipulating Intel microcode files
<https://gitlab.com/iucode-tool/iucode-tool>,
Intel microcode <https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-
Microcode-Data-Files>
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