Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is sys-firmware/intel-microcode-20180108 complete?

[Mick]

On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 19:49:25 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 10/01/18 20:12, Mick wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 17:06:46 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, 10 January 2018 15:47:25 GMT Wolfgang Mueller wrote:
> >>>> It looks as though my CPU hasn't been fixed yet. Is that right?
> >>>
> >>> It seems that patches are being pushed out as they are being received,
> >>> so back when that one was released, no other updates were available.
> >>>
> >>> See https://bugs.gentoo.org/643430#c10
> >>>
> >>> We should get the full range of updates in the next few days.
> >>
> >> Right. Patience is a virtue, they say.
> >
> > So what are we to do with our old PCs, which will no longer receive
> > Intel's
> > microcode blessing?  Are we to throw them away in a landfill and of course
> > take our custom elsewhere, or will the kernel patches suffice for both
> > bugs
> > and all variants?
>
> The spectre bug needs a microcode update. It can't be closed by software.
>
> Intel has a page somewhere for people asking "why do I do with my old
> PC", and they tell you to kindly fuck off (not in those words exactly,
> but it's what they mean) and direct you to their latest CPUs and places
> where you can buy them. And of course you'll also need to buy new
> mainboards and new RAM.
>
> Millions and millions of computers are out there running Sandy Bridge
> and Ivy Bridge CPUs, since they're almost as fast as the latest CPUs.
> People use them as their main machines, or as secondary machines.
> They're all over the place. And they're all going to be vulnerable from
> here on out.
>
> Strangely, nobody in the press called Intel out on it. Everybody acts as
> if this perfectly acceptable.

Strange that ...

I can see a class action lawsuit kicking off in the very litigious US of A, 
assuming enough people wake up to this.
-- 
Regards,
Mick