Posted on 01/22/2018 6:51:07 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Is Intel really planning on making this shit architectural? Has anybody talked to them and told them they are f*cking insane?
They do literally insane things. They do things that do not make sense. That makes all your [i.e. Woodhouse’s] arguments questionable and suspicious. The patches do things that are not sane.
…So somebody isn’t telling the truth here. Somebody is pushing complete garbage for unclear reasons. Sorry for having to point that out.
...Intel, for its part, offered the following statement: “We take the feedback of industry partners seriously. We are actively engaging with the Linux community, including Linus, as we seek to work together on solutions.” So at least they seem to still be on a first-name basis.
(Excerpt) Read more at techcrunch.com ...
And Intel wants to keep it's back door open? /s
Meltdown/Spectre are built in features
The NSA’s and FBI’s back door.
And now also the ChiComs, Russians, various muslim groups, likely AntiFa trash too ... all because (I would suggest) they didn’t want Trump to play with a toy meant for Hillary and her kind.
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Linus Torvalds has a reputation for being extremely derogatory toward anything he doesn’t personally create, or use to create.
Google: Our brilliant Spectre fix dodges performance hit, so you should all use it
About the same as Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD fame. Well maybe a tad bit more abrasive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_de_Raadt
Said the unpleasant, contemptible jackass.
Torvalds is simply a demigod.
Unlike Gates or Lovelace.
Simply everyone knows that Jobs was Zeus.
I would go with The Woz.
Well, it’s not as though Stallman had enough time to come up with his own Linuxy kernel. Linus is a kernel guy, always was. Linux as a user environment is a misnomer. It should be called GNU. Linus has the right to opine on the impact on his kernel. Don’t like it, get another kernel.
Intel Says the Patch Designed to Fix Flawed Chips Is Faulty
Intel Corp (INTC, +2.05%) said on Monday that patches it released to address two high-profile security vulnerabilities in its chips are faulty, advising customers, computer makers and cloud providers to stop installing them.
http://fortune.com/2018/01/22/intel-corp-patching-faulty-chips/
Whoops, Linus was right.
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although it’s quite true that Linux is effectively a cult of personality, in practice Linus is usually right to criticize; in this particular case his criticism is apt. Anyone who dares to work in Linux kernel development knows the score - Linus holds all the cards and he calls the crap out whenever he sees it because everyone trusts him to set the standard. Piss him off at your own risk, hey life’s too short for us to cater to snowflake mega corporations who plop CYA at the top of the todo list.
So far Linux has been the most successful ongoing project in the history of software. And Linus has always had the last word. So if he calls some kernel patch crap I’m certainly going to examine it carefully before I pick it up and try to defend it.
Having had substantive conversations with both Theo and Linus I’m going to have to say although both guys are totally genius, Linus is an order of magnitude better at engineering management. Theo is too much control freak, though he’s improved some in recent years.
Bummer for them. totally disheartening.
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