Comment by mehrdadn

> Literally tells us nothing about what's in it. Not even a changelog. Not even a sentence hinting as to what might be in it. Incredible.

They do have ./releasenote:

  Intel Processor Microcode Package for Linux 20180108 Release
  -- Updates upon 20171117 release --
  IVT C0            (06-3e-04:ed) 428->42a
  SKL-U/Y D0        (06-4e-03:c0) ba->c2
  BDW-U/Y E/F       (06-3d-04:c0) 25->28
  HSW-ULT Cx/Dx     (06-45-01:72) 20->21
  Crystalwell Cx    (06-46-01:32) 17->18
  BDW-H E/G         (06-47-01:22) 17->1b
  HSX-EX E0         (06-3f-04:80) 0f->10
  SKL-H/S R0        (06-5e-03:36) ba->c2
  HSW Cx/Dx         (06-3c-03:32) 22->23
  HSX C0            (06-3f-02:6f) 3a->3b
  BDX-DE V0/V1      (06-56-02:10) 0f->14
  BDX-DE V2         (06-56-03:10) 700000d->7000011
  KBL-U/Y H0        (06-8e-09:c0) 62->80
  KBL Y0 / CFL D0   (06-8e-0a:c0) 70->80
  KBL-H/S B0        (06-9e-09:2a) 5e->80
  CFL U0            (06-9e-0a:22) 70->80
  CFL B0            (06-9e-0b:02) 72->80
  SKX H0            (06-55-04:b7) 2000035->200003c
  GLK B0            (06-7a-01:01) 1e->22
  <snip>

But I'm not sure how to interpret it... BDW is probably Broadwell and HSW is probably Haswell etc., IVT is... interrupt vector table? and I'm not sure what the other characters are.