On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 20:58:51 -0500 (EST) Mouse <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think, we should wait for a while to coming new microcode and > > disclosure of specification update from intel. > > Why? Is there any reason to not deploy known effective countermeasures > while waiting for a real fix? Indeed, do we have any reason to think a > real fix will be forthcoming from Intel? In view of their attempts to > downplay their bugs, I have negative confidence they will actually > _fix_ them...if indeed they are fixable on current hardware. (It's not > publicly known, as far as I know, to what extent the bugs are fixable > in microcode; in some respects they may be baked into the silicon.) > > > people is too silent, is this means presense of NDA? > > In a few cases, probably. More likely, it seems to me - this is > certainly my own case - I've already said everything I've thought of > that seemed useful (and even vaguely appropriate to this list). Thank you. The Redhat and Microsoft implicitly says "Intel will release microcode soon". I hoped to it. the Linux supported by the google goes to the KPTI, maybe, it means the Intel does not plan to mitigate by the new microcode. I will wait the patch commited. thank you for description. -- Shinichi Doyashiki <[email protected]>
