Command: man /usr/share/man/man8/update-intel-microcode.8.gz

MICROCODE_CTL(8)                                              MICROCODE_CTL(8)



NAME
       update-intel-microcode - 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.

SEE ALSO
       microcode_ctl(8)



update-intel-microcode            17 May 2007                 MICROCODE_CTL(8)