Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches cause instability

Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by nippples on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:46AM (#16256247)

Gee, if only they had a Linus Torvalds type around to block irresponsible commits.

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by duncan_bayne on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:49AM (#16256259)

They did, once upon a time, after a fashion:

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by kyberias on Monday January 29, 2018 @06:49AM (#16256927)

I had to read that billg-review thing one more time. It's such a wonderful story.

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by mtgx on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:52AM (#16256269)

Didn't Torvalds already accept Intel's "garbage" Linux kernel patches?

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by icebraining on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:40AM (#16256462)

I don't think so, they're still under discussion on LKML, including an alternative proposal by Ingo Molnar.

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by bonzini on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:01AM (#16256297)

Nah, it's just the well-known issue with the microcode being buggy. There's nothing new really.

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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by ksk on Monday January 29, 2018 @12:38PM (#16259078)

Microcode is not reviewed by anyone outside of Intel.

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