On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 04:30:15PM +0000, Hazel Russman wrote: > > I have just built a 4.14.11 kernel with PTI and I can't boot it. I get a > string of acpi errors and then a panic. As far as I can see, it's the same > problem as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1520265. That was > cured by a bios update but I wouldn't date to do a thing like that. > > Looks like I am stuck with 4.12.8 for the time being. The processor is pretty > old, an Intel Core2 Duo. Maybe it's too old to be affected by Meltdown. I > would value any advice.
From what I was reading on lkml last night, all the issues reported against 4.15-rc from fedora have now been fixed in Linus's tree, but I do not know if those fixes have yet reached the stable 4.14 tree. So my first suggestion is to try 4.14.12. Like you, I'm very wary of bios updates (I've bricked enough hardware over the years). ĸen -- Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boots with stiletto heels for such a barefaced truth. - Unseen Academicals -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style