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

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/29/2018 04:47 PM, DaveFroble wrote:
> Nomen Nescio wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> One might be surprised to find out how many of those Intel and AMD chip 
> people were also the ones who worked on Alpha.
> 

I was being nice and not mentioning this.  :-)

bill