On 9/26/2019 17:02, Maxime Villard wrote:
So here's what's going to happen. I will drop this thread, because in
the end
I don't care a lot. I will stop doing the work I've been doing, have
withdrawn
from secteam already, and won't be taking care of any of that from now
on. I'm
done, this
code update doesn't actually *fix*
anything by itself. What it does is enable an OS to more easily fix
things.
The kernel would need to check for the new SPEC_CTRL CPUID bit,
and if present, twiddle with the new speculation control-related MSRs
at the appropriate times.
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n it'll be available for
the other machines I use. The standalone microcode update at
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27337/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File
is dated 20171117, and from what I've read, does not contain the latest
changes.
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e NetBSD should implement
it as suggested, rather than coming up with its own special criteria
for when to enable the workaround.
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INet: k...@azeotrope.org | they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
Telegram: @DahanC| dolphin
.
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Name: Dave Huang | Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
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FurryMUCK: Dahan | dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG
Dahan: Hani G Y+C 38 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++
, I am also pretty sure the earliest version of NetBSD on which it will
work is NetBSD-5.
It's included in base as of NetBSD 6.0:
http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/iscsi-initiator.8.html
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