[mythtv-users] Meltdown effect on MythTV
Hika van den Hoven
hikavdh at gmail.com
Thu Jan 4 23:17:12 UTC 2018
Hoi Jim,
Thursday, January 4, 2018, 11:55:11 PM, you wrote:
>> On Jan 4, 2018, at 5:28 PM, Rajil Saraswat <rajil.s at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Anybody has a view how much effect will the Intel Meltdown bug will have on a combined Myth FE/BE?
>>
>> I have a new Intel system and was wondering whether to return it and replace it with an AMD one.
>>
>> Thanks
> Not sure if the problem isn’t also a problem for AMD. It seems all
> of the Processor vendors are working on common solutions so the O/S
> patches work on all systems. I’m only see high level reports, so
> not clear what it all means. Bottom line, is my Mythtv FE and BE still work.
> Jim A
Meltdown seems so far only Intel related
Spectre affects Intel, AMD and Atom
Meltdown they so far think is software patchable
Spectre maybe is software patchable but has a lower risk as it is much
more difficult to exploit
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