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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by byte1918 on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:09AM (#16256322)
Aren't we talking about two different things? Linux vs Windows kernel?
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by cbcoutinho on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:15AM (#16256350)
OP is probably referencing the 'bullshit patches from Intel' comment from Linus about the patches they were sent, and that Microsoft might have been sent similar obfuscatory patches.
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by pjmlp on Monday January 29, 2018 @04:15AM (#16256355)
Given that the patches are CPU micro-code delivered by OS drivers, AFAIK, the actual OS won't make much difference.
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