According to amd only epic cpus benefit from the standalone microcode update. All others need an updated bios with the new microcode. Zen 1 and zen 2 don’t need microcode updates. Also having the new microcode doesn’t mitigate the vulernability on its own as far as I can tell, the kernel needs to be the one doing the mitigation.
According to amd only epic cpus benefit from the standalone microcode update. All others need an updated bios with the new microcode. Zen 1 and zen 2 don’t need microcode updates. Also having the new microcode doesn’t mitigate the vulernability on its own as far as I can tell, the kernel needs to be the one doing the mitigation.