Hello Daniel, I don't know as Im not a core developer... the Vuln was embargoed so my guess is a lot of people were in the dark.
Thanks Tom Smyth On 4 January 2018 at 13:31, Daniel Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 4, 2018, at 5:43 AM, Tom Smyth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> sorry all, >> >> I had posted to the tech mailing list about this .. I came across these 2 >> papers and they may be of interest about the CPU Security flaws >> >> https://spectreattack.com/ >> >> I hope this helps >> Tom Smyth >> > > Were the BSDs given advanced notice of this like MS, Apple, and Linux...?

