On Thursday, 5 April 2018 10:20:59 BST Adam Carter wrote: > https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-upd > ate-guidance.pdf > > From > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/04/intel_spectre_microcode_updates/ > > "The new guidance > <https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-up > date-guidance.pdf>, issued April 2, adds a “stopped” status to Intel’s > “production status” category in its array of available Meltdown and Spectre > <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intel_amd_arm_cpu_vulnerability/> > security updates. "Stopped" indicates there will be no microcode patch to > kill off Meltdown and Spectre." > > " "Stopped" CPUs that won’t therefore get a fix are in the Bloomfield, > Bloomfield Xeon, Clarksfield, Gulftown, Harpertown Xeon C0 and E0, Jasper > Forest, Penryn/QC, SoFIA 3GR, Wolfdale, Wolfdale Xeon, Yorkfield, and > Yorkfield Xeon families. The new list includes various Xeons, Core CPUs, > Pentiums, Celerons, and Atoms – just about everything Intel makes. > > Most the CPUs listed above are oldies that went on sale between 2007 and > 2011"
Thanks for updating the gentoo-user M/L on this topic Adam. Does the lack of a microcode patch mean the in-kernel and other software fixes won't be sufficient to protect PCs running these old CPUs? I'm asking because I have a couple of old laptops I was hoping to get more mileage out of, at least until new generation CPUs become available. Preferably NOT Intel's. -- Regards, Mick
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