On 29 January 2018 at 13:28, deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently > > that address the security issue etc. > > I apologise for inaccuracy there. > > But perhaps not all of what I posted is BS. > > You can run any kernel in stable > > I just build 4.14 > > make oldconfig > make -j4 deb-pkg > > what has gcc7 to do with the patches is unclear to me, but I admit I have > never worried about. >
I thought you had to have gcc7 because it included a backport of some code used in GCC 8 that was needed to allow e.g. the spectre fix to work properly......... If you could use any compiler to do it then earlier my post truly would be BS. Cheers MF > > My conclusion to this Spectre and Meltdown hysteria is, that a single > machine in a secure environment is not exactly endangered. > People should better take care of their mobile devices, especially phones > and tablets, where you need neither Spectre nor Meltdown to compromise. > > regards > >
