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10. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2014-12-18

* Upstream release 20141028 built from linux-firmware:
  + Updated microcode patches for family 0x15 processors
  + Added microcode patches for family 0x16 processors
* AMD did not update the relevant microcode documentation (errata fixed,
  microcode patch levels, etc), so there is no documentation for the
  family 0x16 microcode patches, and the documentation for family 0x15 is
  stale.
* postinst: do not update microcode on upgrades:
  Remove code that triggers a microcode update on package upgrade. The
  resulting postinst script is now identical to the one in Debian jessie's
  intel-microcode, and thus known-good.
  NOTE: this code was already disabled for the majority of the users due
  to Debian bug #723975 (closes: #723975, #723081)
* kpreinst: remove, we don't update microcode on postinst anymore
* blacklist automated loading of the microcode module:
  This is in line with the desired behavior of only updating microcode
  *automatically* during system boot, when it is safer to do so. The
  local admin can still load the microcode module and update the microcode
  manually at any time, of course. This is in sync with the intel-microcode
  packages in Debian jessie, which will also blacklist the microcode module.
  Note that the initramfs will force-load the microcode module in a safe
  condition, the blacklist avoids module autoloading outside the initramfs
* control: bump standards version (no changes required)
* copyright: update upstream URL and upstream copyright date
  (closes: #753593)
* docs: future-proof by using a glob pattern for per-family README files
* initramfs hook: support forced installation of amd64-microcode:
  Add a config file (/etc/default/amd64-microcode) to select the mode of
  operation: do nothing, force install to initramfs, install only when
  running on an amd64 processor (closes: #726854)
* initramfs hook: fix (likely unexploitable) issues found by shellcheck
* Add a NEWS.Debian file to warn users we will no longer update the
  microcode on package upgrade (note that we were not doing it on any
  Debian kernels anyway). Also document the existence of the new
  /etc/default/amd64-microcode file

9. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2013-09-07

* Fix M-D-Y issue that leaked to the package version number
* The real upstream release date is 2013-07-10

8. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2013-09-07

* New upstream release, received through linux-firmware and LKML
  + updated microcode:
    sig 0x00500F10, id 0x05000029: erratum (+) 784;
    sig 0x00500F20, id 0x05000119: erratum (+) 784;
    sig 0x00600F12, id 0x0600063D: errata (-) 668, (+) 759, 778;
  + new microcode:
    sig 0x00200F31, id 0x02000032: errata 311, 316;
    sig 0x00600F20, id 0x06000822: errata 691, 699, 704, 708, 709, 734,
        740, 778;
  + This update fixes important processor bugs that cause data corruption
    or unpredictable system behaviour. It also fixes a performance issue
    and several issues that cause system lockup.
* Switch to native package, since there is no upstream tarball

7. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2013-08-18

* debian/control: update Breaks for new intel-microcode version scheme
* Bump major version number, this will allow us to also update the stable
  branch of amd64-microcode in the future without clashing with the stable
  branch of intel-microcode. The real issue is that amd64-microcode
  1.20120910-3 and intel-microcode 1.20130222.6 have changed (in lockstep)
  to a different initramfs cooperation protocol, but I failed to bump the
  major version at that time
* Urgency high to avoid delaying a series of high-priority intel-microcode
  updates being done at the moment: we need this version in testing before
  I can upload stable backports of intel-microcode or amd64-microcode

6. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2013-07-20

* control: remove homepage and update standards-version
* initramfs: update copyright information
* initramfs, postinst: don't do anything on non-AMD systems (Closes: #715518)
* initramfs, postinst: blacklist several kernel versions (Closes: #717185)
* control: add breaks: intel-microcode (<< 1.20130222.6~)
* load microcode module on package install/upgrade

5. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2012-10-09

initramfs: work around initramfs-tools bug #688794.
Use "_" in place of "+-." for the initramfs script name. This works
around a PANIC during boot when the initramfs was created in a system
with noexec $TMPDIR.

4. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2012-09-14

* AMD microcode release 20120910
  + updated microcode:
    sig 0x00600F12, id 0x06000629: errata (+) 691, 709, 740;
  + new microcode:
    sig 0x00610F01, id 0x06001119: errata 671, 686, 697, 698, 699, 704, 709,
        734, 740;
  + This update adds critical errata fixes for commonly used features.
    The hit probability of these errata is unknown to the Debian maintainer.
* README.Debian: mention module-init-tools, not just kmod. This is useful
  when backporting to Debian Squeeze
* debian/control: add Vcs-* fields

3. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2012-07-09

* debian/control: priority of this package should be standard,
  not extra. All AMD-based X86 boxes should install this package
* debian/control: update package description

2. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2012-06-10

* AMD microcode release 20120117:
  sig 0x00100F22, id 0x01000083: errata 244, 260, 280, 302, 308, 315, 342;
  sig 0x00100F23, id 0x01000083: errata 244, 260, 280, 302, 308, 315, 342;
  sig 0x00100F2A, id 0x01000084: errata 244, 260, 280, 302, 308, 315, 342;
  sig 0x00100F42, id 0x010000DB: errata 342, 440, 573;
  sig 0x00100F43, id 0x010000C8: errata 407, 440;
  sig 0x00100F52, id 0x010000DB: errata 342, 440, 573;
  sig 0x00100F53, id 0x010000C8: errata 407, 440;
  sig 0x00100F62, id 0x010000C7: errata 407, 440;
  sig 0x00100F63, id 0x010000C8: errata 407, 440;
  sig 0x00100F80, id 0x010000DA: errata 419, 440, 573;
  sig 0x00100F81, id 0x010000D9: errata 406, 407, 440, 573, 669;
  sig 0x00100F91, id 0x010000D9: errata 406, 407, 440, 573, 669;
  sig 0x00100FA0, id 0x010000DC: errata 438, 440, 573;
  sig 0x00300F10, id 0x03000027: errata 564, 573, 662, 686;
  sig 0x00500F10, id 0x05000028: errata 461, 564, 594, 595;
  sig 0x00500F20, id 0x0500010D: errata 461, 564, 594, 639, 662, 686;
  sig 0x00600F12, id 0x06000624: errata 659, 660, 661, 668, 671, 672, 673;
* Initial upload to Debian, urgency medium because we need this in Wheezy
  to properly support AMD processors. Closes: #676921.

1. By Henrique de Moraes Holschuh on 2012-06-10

Import upstream version 0.20120117