Question regarding os-cpu-microcode-intel

[pp]

Hello,
I just successfully upgraded my OPNsense installation to 25.7. Before upgrading I read about people having issues when os-cpu-microcode-intel was installed. As I had not installed said plugin before for some reason I installed it after the upgrade. During installation I saw the following output:

This port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it:

Abandoned upstream, fails to identify anything remotely new according to upstream issue reports.

It is scheduled to be removed on or after 2025-06-30.
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Message from cpu-microcode-intel-20250512:

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Refer to the cpu-microcode-rc installation notes to enable Intel
microcode updates.

Is it still recommended to install? Will there be a replacement? I do not have any issues with my cpu but I do not want to be missing any security updates provided by the microcode. I would think that even when the port is removed the existing microcode updates would still be better to have than none at all.

[franco]

I'm assuming this refers to x86info and not microcode:

sysutils/x86info/Makefile:EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-06-30

It was removed from FreeBSD ports. The removal is debatable. We still have it in our ports.


Cheers,
Franco

[pp]

You are right, I misread and thought the message was from microcode. Thank you for the quick reply and great work!