# Intel uCode

> This feature provides support for microcode updates to Intel processors. The intel-ucode feature runs at early boot and uses the microcode data file added by the feature into the BSP's initrd. It also puts the userland microcode-updating tool, iucode\_tool, into the target images along with the microcode data file.intel-ucode [Machine feature details](https://download.ostroproject.org/releases/ostro-os/milestone/v1.0.0/sdk-data/intel-quark/layers/ostro-os/meta-intel/README)
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> Layer containing Intel hardware support metadata [meta-intel](http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/meta-intel)
