Re: Intel Microcode Guidance: Abandoned Processor Families and Spectre

2018-04-08 Thread Boyd Stephens
On 04/05/18 09:19, Aham Brahmasmi wrote: Hello Misc, Will OpenBSD's patches for Spectre help mitigate the risk for the processor families which are not receiving Intel's mitigation microcode for Spectre/Spectre variant 2? Backdrop Intel has issued a Microcode Revision Guidance on April 3, 2018

Re: Intel Microcode Guidance: Abandoned Processor Families and Spectre

2018-04-05 Thread Netelysis Sisyleten
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 9:19 AM, Aham Brahmasmi wrote: > Hello Misc, > > Will OpenBSD's patches for Spectre help mitigate the risk for the > processor families which are not receiving Intel's mitigation microcode > for Spectre/Spectre variant 2? > > Backdrop > Intel has issued a Microcode Revision

Re: Intel Microcode Guidance: Abandoned Processor Families and Spectre

2018-04-05 Thread Mathieu Simon (Lists)
Hi Am 05.04.2018 um 16:19 schrieb Aham Brahmasmi: > Hello Misc, > > Will OpenBSD's patches for Spectre help mitigate the risk for the > processor families which are not receiving Intel's mitigation microcode > for Spectre/Spectre variant 2? Someone deeper into OpenBSD can give reliable informatio

Intel Microcode Guidance: Abandoned Processor Families and Spectre

2018-04-05 Thread Aham Brahmasmi
Hello Misc, Will OpenBSD's patches for Spectre help mitigate the risk for the processor families which are not receiving Intel's mitigation microcode for Spectre/Spectre variant 2? Backdrop Intel has issued a Microcode Revision Guidance on April 3, 2018 [1]. As per this guidance, some processor f