Meltdown and Spectre information update

[Hasso Tepper]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> (2) Intel is supplying a Microcode patch for newer CPUs, but it's hard
> to say how many BIOS makers will ever adopt it.

I wouldn't count on it very much, especially nowadays when hardware is
very usable far longer than vendors are even willing to support it.

But that's the reason why Linux kernel provides a way to update a
microcode early during boot or even in runtime. Maybe it's a good idea
to implement it for DragonFly as well.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt


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