On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 07:28:39PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 09:25:19PM +0800, Tom Cassidy wrote: > > You can install the intel-microcode package. AMD processors have a similar > > amd-microcode package. > > > > https://packages.debian.org/intel-microcode > > > > It looks like the updated microcode with the latest fixes is currently in > > Debian testing so I guess you could grab it from there directly and install > > manually if required. > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886806 > > Has anyone revealed how this microcode avoids the Spectre problem? > Does it, for example, disable memory fetch from proteted memory? >
The microcode is proprietary (non-free) code, so nobody knows if the patch is better or worse than the bug... HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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