Freescale opens quicc engine technology to embedded. The company has already improved users security to the meltdown and spectre exploits on its os side. The ot her major features include a dual ddr sdram memory controller for the mpc8360e, which allows equipm ent providers to partition system parameters and data in. These are the microcode binaries for the quicc engine hardware block in qoriq products. Quicc engine microcode ram packages format and software loader.
Mpc8568e powerquicctm iii integrated processor family reference manual supports mpc8568e mpc8568 mpc8567e mpc8567 mpc8568erm rev. Downloading microcode on quicc engine blockenabled devices. Open quicc engine technology program gives developers freedom to innovate, customize microcode and expand application. As such, the microcode is a layer of hardwarelevel instructions that implement higherlevel machine code instructions or internal state machine sequencing in many digital processing elements. Quicc multichannel controller qmc ram microcode package release 0.
Downloading microcode on quicc engine blockenabled. Freescale introduces 45nm powerquicc iii processor with low power, high performance and optimal flexibility. Ram microcode patches for powerquicc ii pro family qe errata. This update improves the reliability of x64based versions of windows that uses certain intel processors. Freescale opens quicc enginetm technology to embedded. Qe microcode from freescale is typically provided as a header file. The program is designed to enable developers to customize freescale microcode that runs on quicc engine technology to support a wide range of industrystandard communications interfaces and. Series quicc engine support on arm state action required archived no 36 patches patch series art swf date submitter delegate state v3,3636 soc. Some time ago we have added a microcode update feature to pc engines firmware so i will show how microcode update improves mitigation and present results using public tools, proof of concepts known to exploit the vulnerability. The spectremeltdown road is long and pocked with lawsuits and security holes as it is, and microsoft is one of the players thats trying to put the asphalt back to tiptop, autobahnworth shape. If you can provide a binary module with a new microcode, im willing to hand patch as necessary.
Bw freescale opens quicc engine tm technology to embedded developers. Freescale introduces 45nm powerquicc iii processor with. The c function can be integrated with user applications, the company says. Microcode implements many of the protocols and features supported on the quicc engine block. The packages are available for the quicc engine devices mpc8360e rev2. Microcode versions give tenfold boost to ip routing and. For a description of each package and the devices for which the packages apply, please refer. This release note reflects the new features for uart microcode available in the described ram packages.
Inspired by community we decided to add such feature to the pc engines firmware the first implementation did not work as expected unfortunately. Freescale mpc8360erdk mpc8360erdk reference design kit product overview. The prp microcode module is the latest addition to our growing list of microcode products, and a further illustration of our commitment to the development of. Bw freescale communications processors chosen by axerra. Patching your thinkpad t460t470 against meltdown, spectre. According to msi, the latest microcode has a massive improvement at. Brief description of the patch, includes the patch name, patch revision and chip revision. Microsoft has resumed issuing patches to fix meltdown and spectre cpu vulnerabilities in pc cpus after the software giant and its hardware partners have had time to evaluate the best ways fix what. This release note reveals any exceptions to the features which are specified in the. This header file contains macros that define the microcode binary itself as well as some other data used in uploading that microcode. The specifics details of each tasks and their microcode are splitout in separate patches. Mpc8360empc8358e powerquicc ii pro processor revision.
When the processor powersup, it uses its internal rom microcode only if no patches are installed. Freescale quicc engine firmware uploading the linux. Auto update check here for more info on auto update. And it gives notice of microcode patches for products from as far back as 2007. This update fixes an issue in which the operating system might function incorrectly. Depending your release schedule either i wait or i have to move away from the intel firmware engine. Based on arabellas asymmetrical multiprocessor architecture and using microcode acceleration blocks for freescales communications processor module cpm and quicc engine, efp products offer unparalleled performance on standard powerquicc processors. The flow state machine as well as the individual itdm channel states are fully managed and maintained by the microcode. All devices with the quicc engine block contain iram but. This article doesnt contain information related to the processor sidechannel vulnerability known as meltdownspectre.
Microcode can be updated to fix or mitigate cpu bugs. This article describes a microcode update for intel processors. The products, efp routing and nat, respectively, are based on arabellas asymmetrical multiprocessor architecture and use microcode acceleration blocks for freescales communications processor module cpm and quicc engine. Roughly when do you think the future release that has ability to change microcode will be available. Microcode update for intel processors in windows 7 or in. Where does the bios or uefi load a cpu microcode update. Additionally the whole chaos around intels management engine. Quicc engine microcode ram packages format and software loader freescale semiconductor 3 input for microcode loader 1. F ully supports the itdm protocol in 125microsec mode on quicc engine based devices e.
It also discusses how the quicc engine enables the convergence of. This document describes all known quicc engine microcode errata for microcode package versions released in the general release 3. The update is written to the microcode engine s ram. Quicc engine microcode ram packages format and software. Microcode is a computer hardware technique that interposes a layer of organisation between the cpu hardware and the programmervisible instruction set architecture of the computer. Fastpath operations are entirely implemented in microcode for the powerquiccs quicc engine or cpm microprocessors and aggressively optimized. The bestcomm engine is a microcodecontrolled tasksbased dma used by several of the onchip devices. Dogav systems announces system fabric plane protocol sfp. Msi says it is the first motherboard maker to release the latest amd combo pi version 1. Some ls1043 models require quicc engine qe microcode. Recent pcs have little to fear from intels spectre microcode updates.
Kernel documentation, like the kernel itself, is very much a work in progress. All devices with the quicc engine block contain iram but not all contain rom. The format of these files do not lend themselves to simple inclusion into other code. Patches for meltdown and spectre seem to be readily available from most vendors at this point. Quicc multichannel controller qmc ram microcode package. Open quicc engine technology program gives developers freedom to innovate, customize microcode and expand application possibilities without adding costly silicon austin, texas may 1, 2006 freescale semiconductor nyse. High perfoemance ip routing and nat for powerquicc. The resulting efp solutions provide an unparalleled level of performance along with rich functionality and yet leave the powerpc almost entirely free for user applications. The quicc engine module s enhanced interworking eases the transition and reduces investment cost s from atm to ip based systems. Amds latest ryzen 3000 microcode update could cut boot.
Modern processors are complex devices that can have bugs. And the quicc engine blocks enhanced interworking is designed to ease the transition from atm to ipbased systems while reducing investment costs. This update also includes intel microcode updates that were already released for these operating systems at the time of release to manufacturing rtm. Sorry to disappoint, but few games are actually cpu. Airfast, beekit, beestack, corenet, flexis, magniv, mxc, platform in a package, qoriq qonverge, quicc engine. The patch ram may loaded by a microcode routine that is part of the normal microcode contained in a microcode read only memory rom unit of the processor. The update is written to the microcode engines ram, which is volatile.
Microcode is firmware that the quicc engine blocks risc microprocessors execute. Intel updates spectre fixes for haswell and broadwell. B has introduced the open quicc engine tm developer program for thirdparty developers and customers who want to optimize the. Power quicc ii pro family of communications processors wseas. O ffloads a substantial amount of the processing resources from the host processor. The 25mhz oscillator provide the clock for mpc8306 quicc. The quicc engine microcode provides convenient, powerful and flexible header parsing capabilities with protocolspecific optimizations for rapid parsing. Dogav systems advanced microcode implementations for powerquicc processors and quicc engine technology are valuable contributions to freescales growing library of nextgeneration microcodes optimized for customer and market requirements, said jon devlin, director of systems engineering for freescales digital systems division. Conventional ip routing and nat applications running on a powerquicc ii handle about 40k packetssec. You can also use your favorite internet search engine to search for the string kb4090007 which should always take to that page and to its related microsoft update catalog page to obtain the specific windows update. This is the top level of the kernels documentation tree. Furthermore, on the quicc engine, there are two riscs engines. This session will introduce the megasquirt qorivva engine. Microsoft pushes new softwarebased spectre, meltdown.
We will offer additional microcode updates from intel through this article for these operating systems as they become available to microsoft. Furthermore, instead of executing x86 instructions directly, modern x86 processors contain internal code that implements support for the x86 instruction set. In addition, freescales open quicc engine developer program has opened the door to developing the customized microcode solutions we need to. Random access memory ram may be provided in a processor for implementing microcode patches. For a description of each package and the devices for which the packages apply, please refer to the specific package release notes. Setting up the tasks memory allocation and all common low level functions are handled by this patch. Colin cureton senior director of product management. How do i install or update microcode firmware for intelamd cpus on linux using the command line option. This update also includes intel microcode updates that were already released. How to installupdate intel microcode firmware on linux.