[ale] News: Red Hat slams into reverse on CPU fix for Spectre design blunder

[Lightner, Jeffrey]

I agree.

You’d think Intel would learn from the Solaris CPU debacle a few years back or even their own initial Pentium issues previously that disclaiming responsibility and not providing a fix does not succeed.


From: Jim Kinney [mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:24 AM
To: Lightner, Jeffrey; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts; Lightner, Jeffrey via Ale; Derek Atkins; DJ-Pfulio
Subject: Re: [ale] News: Red Hat slams into reverse on CPU fix for Spectre design blunder

My $0.02

The failure is with Intel (and AMD). They should be the source of the patch. Ducking out to the vendor of the mobo is a copout. The mobo vender should already have tools for board level firmware upgrades. This vulnerability doesn't, as far as I can tell, impact a firmware upgrade. If it does, that's a new problem.
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