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Re:Avoid speculative indirect calls in kernel by Decabytes on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @08:56PM (#16067360)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think super computers are updating there kernels at all.
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Re:Avoid speculative indirect calls in kernel by striking on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:48PM (#16068117)
New software is written with newer kernels in mind. To continue running newer software, you will need to update your kernels.

Additionally: you might update infrequently when it comes to feature releases, but you'll definitely need security patches.

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Re:Avoid speculative indirect calls in kernel by ams6110 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @09:41PM (#16067560)
They do, but not often. Maybe once a year or so.
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