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

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On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 10:30:04 PM UTC+2, 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.

Because you don't know how to test.
There is near 100% chance that Alpha EV6 and EV7 are vulnerable to Spectre.

> 
> But then Alpha processors were designed by smarter engineers 
> than Intel's H1B clowns.

H1B ?
I am not sure what it means, but it sounds like something specific to U.S.A.

For you information, majority of recent Intel processors designed in Haifa, Israel, where your USA-specific terminology is not applicable.