> May want to browse the GCC development discussions at various sites. This > mentions talk about back porting all the way to GCC-4. > > William Harrington
I want it *now*! ;-) Highly interestingly, among the scattergun blast at fixes there's this; https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/23/25 It claims besides very little performance impact, and "It's much more backportable to older kernels..." > > There is now a little documentation (it probably won't satisfy Paul, > it doesn't say what the various versions changed, but I don't think > there is anything for his machines anyway). Intel's policy, not being specific about microcode fixes, amounts to "security through obscurity" and that has always had to change. > > Looks like Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge will not be getting updates, > so the same presumably applies to older generations. > > ĸen Krzanich didn't promise fixes for older stuff, but look at the reputation hit on Apple's battery slowdown. This will last far longer than the FDIV bug and hurt worse. > > I am assuming that it is safer to keep the kernel updated and hope for > the best. ... If this is a wrong-headed strategy, please advise. Hard to say, the kernel is in such flux. I'm reminded of an old aphorism of a couple centuries ago, "Yer pays yer money and takes yer chances." > I am finding the discussion of these events on the list an > extremely helpful and informative supplement to the LFS-build process. Indeed, the more of us looking for the best advice to share, the better for us all. -- Paul Rogers paulgrog...@fastmail.fm Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- 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
