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The microcode patches are binary blobs against a proprietary and secret ISA, how can anyone comment on their quality?
by jononor 9y ago
The microcode patches are binary blobs against a proprietary and secret ISA, how can anyone comment on their quality?
- mjevans 9y agoWhen I read it I believed that Linus was implying that the suggested mitigation was so insane that it seemed like Intel MIGHT be hiding how broken they believed their hardware was with such over-the-top reactions. As well as indirectly asking if they believed the currently accepted mitigation method (retpoline) was considered ineffective.