On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:29:26PM -0500, Baho Utot wrote:
> I rebuilt my kernel and rebooted and I think I am all good. It booted and
> gave me 1200x800 screen with logo. I used the default config for the kernel
> and changed the above. I made a patch file so I can do make defconfig and
> then patch the .config. I was hoping I could use the defconfig kernel, but
> it looks like that is not possible. Since I am building 8.1 with rpm
> package manager tool chain and all of the base LFS I wanted to get xorg and
> kde running quickly, then go back and tune it. I will build 8.2 when it
> becomes available. I would build it sooner but I did not have enough time
> as I have not finished 8.1 to desktop yet. I only have AMD systems so I am
> not concerned with Meltdown and specter. I know there is some vulerablilty
> but my exposure is not too great so I will fix that when I get to 8.2.
>
The defconfig on x86 is unlikely to be totally correct for anyone -
most recent additions (except network device manufacturers) default
to off.
For Meltdown, yes no worries on AMD. But Spectre is still possible
(although hard to do, and the mitigation aims to make it harder).
> Will be waiting see if the kernel I now have will work with vlc and blue ray
> movies.
>
No idea about blue ray, but for local video files vlc seems to work
fine.
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