Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?

From	Helmut <pills@carters.com>
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.sys.intel, comp.os.vms, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?
Date	2018-01-29 22:44 +0000
Organization	Mixmin
Message-ID	<XnsA87995EFCD44D44DE@0.0.0.1> (permalink)
References	<e66713528ffe8ca0a8b2e79e2133037d@dizum.com> <973f7f34a3fab7ad4f0e584e782eb6a6@dizum.com> <p4o4po$cbn$2@dont-email.me>

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On 29 Jan 2018, DaveFroble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> posted some
news:p4o4po$cbn$2@dont-email.me: 

> Nomen Nescio wrote:
>> In article <e66713528ffe8ca0a8b2e79e2133037d@dizum.com>
>> Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> wrote:
>>>>> Subject: Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to
>>>>> meltdown or spectre
>>>>   The problem is chip based, not OS based.
>>> Right.  But there are other chips on which Linux runs, such as
>>> various RISC chips.  What currently available computers use one of
>>> these other chips?
>>>
>>>>  So all OSs are susceptible.
>>> Not those running on chips other than Intel, AMD, or ARM.
>> 
>> I don't have any issues with my Alphas.
>> 
>> But then Alpha processors were designed by smarter engineers 
>> than Intel's H1B clowns.
>> 
> 
> One might be surprised to find out how many of those Intel and AMD
> chip people were also the ones who worked on Alpha.

They worked on the "Itanic" chips and Athlon, not x86/x64. Intel found 
ways to cost sabotage most of their work until they left for IBM and 
Broadcom.  Some of those from AMD followed suit after suffering from poor 
technology decisions and lousy marketing.

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Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-01-29 21:20 +0100
  Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? DaveFroble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> - 2018-01-29 16:47 -0500
    Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? Helmut <pills@carters.com> - 2018-01-29 22:44 +0000
    Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2018-01-29 18:08 -0500
      Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-01-30 13:40 +0100
    Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2018-01-29 18:31 -0500
    Re: What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2018-01-30 00:26 +0100

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