@ -31,27 +31,35 @@ You can see the diff of the changes on [git.almalinux.org](https://git.almalinux
Due to the risks involved in these patches, these packages are not yet in production and need testing! If you are willing to help provide us feedback, and have access to a **bare metal AMD system**, you can manually install them by pulling them from the AlmaLinux Build System.
Once you have completed your testing, please help us by letting us know it works for you! Please share the following information (sanitized in whatever way you feel comfortable) in a comment on the issue we’ve opened to track this update on bugs.almalinux.org. We have created one specific to [AlmaLinux 8](https://bugs.almalinux.org/view.php?id=412) and one for [AlmaLinux 9](https://bugs.almalinux.org/view.php?id=413). Please include the output of the two commands from the test server.
Once you have completed your testing, please help us by letting us know it works for you! Please share the following information (sanitized in whatever way you feel comfortable) in a comment on the issue we’ve opened to track this update on bugs.almalinux.org. We have created one specific to [AlmaLinux 8](https://bugs.almalinux.org/view.php?id=412) and one for [AlmaLinux 9](https://bugs.almalinux.org/view.php?id=413). Please include the output of the two commands from the test server and if it worked for you.
> Did it work for you? Yes or no.
> lscpu
> journalctl -k --grep=microcode
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lscpu
journalctl -k --grep=microcode
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## Why call for testing now?
@ -63,4 +71,4 @@ The depth of this exploit is motivation for moving fast, in our opinion. Our use
Joining the AlmaLinux community is easy! For anyone that has time to offer: the Release Engineering SIG (~Engineering/RelEng on [chat.almalinux.org](https://chat.almalinux.org)) could use help for testing and building our pipelines, but the Infra, Cloud, and Marketing SIGs are always looking as well. You can also convince your company to become a sponsor or just back us as an individual [on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/AlmaLinux) or [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/almalinux-os-foundation).
Thank you to everyone who helps make AlmaLinux happen. Our individual sponsors and backers in addition to our corporate sponsors are the biggest reason we can continue to provide AlmaLinux OS free forever.
Thank you to everyone who helps make AlmaLinux happen. Our individual sponsors and backers in addition to our corporate sponsors are the biggest reason we can continue to provide AlmaLinux OS free forever.