On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:00:08 +0300 Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 05:24:18PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > On 19 February 2018 at 17:03, Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 04:40:19PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > > > I had thought up to now that e.g. kernel 4.15.4-1 was new enough > > > > that if you compiled it with gcc 7.3 then the spectre fix would > > > > then work. > > > > > > Not unless you apply the retpoline patch to the gcc. > > > > > > For instance, just today said patch was applied to the Debian stable > > > version of gcc, gcc-4.9: > > > > > > https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4117 I believe gcc-4.9 is "oldstable" (Jessie). Regards Michael .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. Totally illogical, there was no chance. -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3
