Meaning: AMD would also be on the same hook;
We, "non-average computer users", are still [verb of your choice here]. On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 6:29 PM, Kevin Van Workum <vanw+beow...@sabalcore.com > wrote: > Intel's response: https://www.streetinsider.com/ > Corporate+News/Intel+%28INTC%29+Responds+to+Security+ > Research+Findings/13648696.html > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 12:57 PM, Joe Landman <joe.land...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Looks like it will respond to a 'nopti' boot option (at least the patches >> I've seen from 4-Dec) >> >> >> >> On 01/03/2018 12:57 PM, Ellis H. Wilson III wrote: >> >>> On 01/03/2018 12:47 PM, Lux, Jim (337K) wrote: >>> >>>> I suppose the down side is that if they do kernel mods to fix this >>>> for the 99.9%, it adversely affects the performance for the 0.1% >>>> (that is, us). >>>> >>> >>> We've been discussing this extensively at my workplace, and the >>> overwhelming expectation is that at least in Linux the fix should be >>> configurable such that those operating in non-multitenant systems (such as >>> scale-out storage appliances) can disable it. >>> >>> If this ends up not being the case, I would expect it in the short-term >>> to lock us out of upgrading to newer kernels where the fix and resultant >>> overheads come into play until we're on newer CPUs where the architecture >>> deficiency is resolved. This latter part (the expectation of Intel fixing >>> it in their newer HW) is all the more reason I'm inclined to believe the >>> fix will be delivered as a tunable. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> ellis >>> >>> >> -- >> Joe Landman >> e: joe.land...@gmail.com >> t: @hpcjoe >> w: https://scalability.org >> g: https://github.com/joelandman >> l: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelandman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > > > -- > Kevin Van Workum, PhD > Sabalcore Computing Inc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > >
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