Linus Torvalds writes: (Summary)
Who knows, virtualization people may simply want the user to specify
the model, but then make the Spectre decisions be based on actual
hardware capabilities (whether those are "current" or "some minimum
base").
base").
Two bits allow that. One bit means "if you claim you're running skylake, we'll always have to stuff, whether you _really_ are or not". Linus
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base").
Two bits allow that. One bit means "if you claim you're running skylake, we'll always have to stuff, whether you _really_ are or not". Linus
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