Re: Intel CPUs

On 03.01.18 15:11, Arjen Lentz via luv-main wrote:

This raises the interesting question: will distros start to provide separate kernel packages for Intel and AMD CPUs. I'd guess they will, as the performance hit of the KPTI workaround is significant.

I use AMD desktops and servers at my home office, and naturally I'd like to keep the performance they deliver.

Sadly, the AMD cpus have a variant of the Intel Management Engine lurking under the hood, with a further unknown vulnerability level, just like Intel. (Oh, OK, the Remote Elevation of Privilege bug (SA-00075) is known, but the rest aren't - yet.) Erik