On 4/14/19 9:28 PM, Tony Su wrote: > You first need to provide source for your spectre-meltdown checker,
this is an Opensuse pkg, sourced from the Opensuse security repo, https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/security/spectre-meltdown-checker referenced re: Spectre mitigation, e.g., here: https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/2019-04/msg00169.html > It's my understanding that openSUSE installs microcode patches during > every bootup including Spectre and Meltdown mitigations. It depends on kernel/hypervisor configuration & available/installed microcode That's the point of my post -- the correct configuration. > only those processors can be patched "properly." As mentioned, my CPU is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz Per intel's "microcode update guidance" https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/04/microcode-update-guidance.pdf the suite of Haswell Xeon v3 Processors, including: E3-1220V3, E3-1225V3, E3-1230LV3, E3-1230V3, E3-1240V3, E3-1245V3, E3-1270V3, E3-1275LV3, E3-1275V3, E3-1280V3, E3-1285LV3, E3-1285LV3, E3-1285V3 ^^^^^^^^^ are supported in production updates, with the latest available firmware data files @: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28087/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File?product=75052) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
