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

[Nomen Nescio]

In article <fd9nqoFp7djU1 at mid.individual.net>
Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>>> Â  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?
> >>>
> >>>> Â 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.  :-)

You're both being thick.

The problem has been around since the mid 90's.  The Alpha teams 
weren't sold until 5-6 years later.