Safe to upgrade to latest Intel-Microcode Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

Plex Media Server
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Server Version: 1.40.2.8395

After seeing what’s been happening with the latest Intel Drivers (Ubuntu 24.04 & HW transcoding) I was wondering if it’s safe to update to the latest security fix of the Intel-Microcode package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Jammy (22.04) : intel-microcode package : Ubuntu

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Wait.

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I braved it for you on my test bed. apt update, verified the new microcode is in the list, apt full-upgrade. Reboot.

Working fine on my 7400t. 4k/hdr transcode to 720p with tonemapping, cpu jumps up but shortly settles back in under 10%cpu usage, basically idle. Looks normal.

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@Menel

Would you please check the kernel? Is it a 5.x or 6.x kernel?
On my 8809g (skull canyon), it’s a 5.15 kernel

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@ChuckPa

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oops. My mistake.

My PMS server (E5-2690v4) is running 5.15 kernel.

My 8809g is 6.5

[chuck@lizum ~.2009]$ sudo neofetch
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.               root@lizum 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           ---------- 
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+-         OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       Host: NUC8i7HVK J71485-600 
   /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/      Kernel: 6.5.0-35-generic 
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+     Uptime: 1 day, 21 hours, 52 mins 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/    Packages: 2698 (dpkg), 18 (snap) 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Shell: bash 5.1.16 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   Resolution: 2560x1440, 2560x1440 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   DE: GNOME 42.9 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   WM: Mutter 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   WM Theme: Adwaita 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/    Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] 
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+     Terminal: gnome-terminal 
   /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/      CPU: Intel i7-8809G (8) @ 8.300GHz 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630 
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-         GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX Vega M GH 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           Memory: 4433MiB / 64214MiB 
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.
                                                                   
                                                                   


[chuck@lizum ~.2010]$ uname -a
Linux lizum 6.5.0-35-generic #35~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue May  7 09:00:52 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


[chuck@lizum ~.2011]$ gog neofetch
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.               chuck@glockner 
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`           -------------- 
      -+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+-         OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x86_64 
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.       Host: X10SRA-F 0123456789 
   /ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/      Kernel: 5.15.0-107-generic 
  +ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+     Uptime: 1 hour, 16 mins 
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/    Packages: 1552 (dpkg), 14 (snap) 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.   Shell: bash 5.1.16 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   Resolution: 1920x1080 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 (28) @ 3.500GHz 
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso   GPU: NVIDIA Quadro P2200 
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+   Memory: 7014MiB / 257612MiB 
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss.
 /sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/                            
  +sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+                             
   /ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/
    .ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso.
      -+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+-
        `:+ssssssssssssssssss+:`
            .-/+oossssoo+/-.

[chuck@lizum snap.2042]$
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Same here. I guess we’re both on the HWE stack of 22.04 LTS. I had to be on HWE as otherwise my N100 wouldn’t work properly. I believe with a 7th gen Intel isn’t even needed

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