>I didn't fully match the updated revision guidance and spectre_bad_microcodes I compared these lists and it seems that the only difference is about skylakes. Everything else is covered by less-or-equal criteria on revision version. Both desktop and mobile skylakes are stated to be unaffected for 0xC2: { INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x03, 0xc2 }, // signature 0x000506E3 { INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x03, 0xc2 }, // signature 0x000406E3 I reformated the Intel bulletin into json format for ease of automation and batch processing -- it is attached. Raw diff between the mainline blacklist and the bulletin looks like: @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ { INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE, 0x04, 0x28 }, { INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E, 0x01, 0x1b }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X, 0x01, 0x0b000023 }, { INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X, 0x01, 0x0b000025 }, { INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D, 0x02, 0x14 }, { INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D, 0x03, 0x07000011 }, @@ -9,12 +10,10 @@ { INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X, 0x02, 0x3b }, { INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X, 0x04, 0x10 }, { INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE_X, 0x04, 0x42a }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x09, 0x84 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x0a, 0x84 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x0b, 0x84 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x09, 0x84 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x0a, 0x84 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x03, 0xc2 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x03, 0xc2 }, -{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x03, 0x0100013e }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x09, 0x80 }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x0a, 0x80 }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP, 0x0b, 0x80 }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x09, 0x80 }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE, 0x0a, 0x80 }, +{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x04, 0x0200003a }, { INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, 0x04, 0x0200003c }, Note: Gemini Lake and Sandy Bridge are not considered (observed in wild).