[Info-vax] What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?

Nomen Nescio nobody at dizum.com
Mon Jan 29 15:20:57 EST 2018


In article <e66713528ffe8ca0a8b2e79e2133037d at dizum.com>
Nomen Nescio <nobody at 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.




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