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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by GrayShade on Sunday October 13, 2019 @06:39AM (#21239663)
Isn't mitigations=off enough on newer kernels?
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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by KindOne on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:57AM (#21239916)
Yes. Its also been added into various LTS versions about five or six months ago.

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16....

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.1...

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14....

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19....

ctrl+f: cpu/speculation: Add 'mitigations=' cmdline option

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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by jcelerier on Sunday October 13, 2019 @08:17AM (#21239991)
it is, but I know a fair amount of people on older distros - ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, etc... whom may have some flags available but not mitigations=off which is a more recent addition
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Re:How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs by amelius on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:11AM (#21239762)
One of the article's comments says so.
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