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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by CodeWriter23 on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:40AM (#16203128)
You’re conflating Spectre with Meltdown. Linus’ response is specific to Meltdown, which applies only to Intel chips. Spectre applies to numerous other architectures.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: “Somebody is pushing complete garbage for... by cthalupa on Monday January 22, 2018 @05:40AM (#16203385)
Uh, Linus is very specifically talking primarily about Spectre. IBRS, IPBP, and retpoline are all Spectre specific mitigations. The Meltdown mention is a sidenote.
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