For an Icelake mobile (described as Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU) the relevant values are cpu family 6, model 126, stepping 5 so in this case the required identification is 06-7e-05. The releasenote says the latest microcode for it is versioned 0xb8.If the value of the <quote>microcode</quote> field in <filename>/proc/cpuinfo</filename> is 0xb8 or greater, it indicates the microcode update is already applied by the BIOS.Otherwise, configure the kernel to support loading Intel microcode, and then proceed to <xref linkend='early-microcode'/>: