update to 0.0.8

x230/NEWS

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-skulls-x230 0.0.8 - tbd
+skulls-x230 0.0.8 - released 2018-07-06
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 This release includes the following changes:
+* based on coreboot commit e49ac56808
+  (parent in master branch cf243657e7)
 * update SeaBIOS to version 1.11.2
 * update Intel's microcode revision from 1f to 20
   (this includes Spectre Variant 3a and 4 mitigations)

x230/README.md

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 * This directory's `./build.sh` should produce the exact release image file (from a skulls git checkout).
 Get it from our [release page](https://github.com/merge/coreboot-x230/releases)
 * __coreboot__: We take coreboot's master branch at the time we build a release image.
-* __microcode update__: revision `20` from 2018-04-10
+* __microcode update__: revision `20` from 2018-04-10 (includes mitigations for Spectre Variant 3a and 4)
 * __SeaBIOS__: version [1.11.2](https://seabios.org/Releases) from 2018-06-02
 * The only proprietary binary, the VGA BIOS is executed in "secure" mode ([PCI_OPTION_ROM_RUN_YABEL](https://www.coreboot.org/Coreboot_Options))