Post Meltdown, Spectre and other Intel issues

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Did you guys see my first post in this thread? WD (hard drive manufacturer) collaborating with RISC-V (open source cpu), so who knows?

[PCNetSpec]

Something tells me WD aren't planning on utilising the RISC-V ISA to get into the 'PC' CPU fabrication business .. but sure, never say never

[pin]

You might be right! It's always about second intentions, isn't it?
At least we can hope for a pleasent side effect

[pin]

So, it actually only lasted exactly two days...
Time for a new kernel..., again http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-new-linux-kernel-update-for-ubuntu-17-10-and-16-04-hwe-users-519561.shtml
 

[PCNetSpec]

Yep, expect a  LOT of updates around this .. and you'd be well advised to stay on top of them.

[pin]

No problem with that. They are easily updated, both on Peppermint and on Void. My annoyance is with my daughter's Bodhi system ... Bodhi doesn't update kernels in between releases, so every two days or so I'm refreshing the packages and intalling new kernels on her laptop through Synaptic. Not difficult, just borring!

EDIT: Maybe this could actually be automated using a script to fetch the latest kernel from the Ubuntu repos instead?! Probably, worth looking into it...

[PCNetSpec]

I'd 'assume' that'd be doable, but I don't know enough about Bodhi to know for sure (or I'm afraid to be much help).

[pin]

That was not my intention ! I don't expect to get help with another distro.
If I were to decide, she would be running Peppermint...
Anyway, just got her to the new kernel AGAIN!

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[PCNetSpec]

[VinDSL]

Linux 4.15 Released With Improved Meltdown, Spectre Patches

eWeek article: https://goo.gl/1QChtH

LKML announcement:  https://goo.gl/gj6Zi1

[VinDSL]

Works ...

Spoiler (click here to view / hide)

╭─vindsl@Boogaloo-5 ~ 
╰─➤  systemd-analyze time                                 
Startup finished in 1.613s (kernel) + 2.189s (userspace) = 3.802s
╭─vindsl@Boogaloo-5 ~ 
╰─➤  systemd-analyze critical-chain                       
The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @2.184s
└─multi-user.target @2.184s
  └─smbd.service @2.027s +156ms
    └─nmbd.service @1.421s +604ms
      └─network-online.target @1.417s
        └─network.target @1.417s
          └─networking.service @810ms +601ms
            └─network-pre.target @797ms
              └─resolvconf.service @782ms +12ms
                └─systemd-journald.socket @105ms
                  └─-.mount @96ms
                    └─system.slice @105ms
                      └─-.slice @96ms
╭─vindsl@Boogaloo-5 ~ 
╰─➤  inxi -Fxz -v1 -c0                                     
System:    Host: Boogaloo-5 Kernel: 4.15.0-041500-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 7.2.0)
           Desktop: N/A Distro: Peppermint Seven
Machine:   System: Dell product: OptiPlex 7010 v: 01
           Mobo: Dell model: 0GXM1W v: A02 Bios: Dell v: A25 date: 05/10/2017
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i5-3470 (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 25540
           clock speeds: max: 3600 MHz 1: 3459 MHz 2: 1655 MHz 3: 2048 MHz
           4: 1660 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 710B] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.5 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz, 2560x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.12 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 7 Series/C210 Series Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.15.0-041500-generic
Network:   Card: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
           driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: f040 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1250.3GB (11.7% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: Samsung_SSD_850 size: 250.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: HGST_HTS721010A9 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 8.7G (47%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: /home size: 30G used: 14G (49%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda10
           ID-4: swap-2 size: 0.54GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda7
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C gpu: 0.0:52C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 196 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 598.0/15995.9MB
           Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (zsh 5.1.1) inxi: 2.2.35
╭─vindsl@Boogaloo-5 ~ 
╰─➤ 

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[zebedeeboss]

Did you just install it as it or did you unload nvidia first install it and then reload nvidia ?

[VinDSL]

Did you just install it as it or did you unload nvidia first install it and then reload nvidia ?

I installed it, as is - didn't bother compiling it, et cetera. Recognized nVidia 390.12 just fine. 

Here's a link to the binaries:  https://goo.gl/wubzDQ

[pin]

  Fixed on the 4.14.15 also

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[pin@awesomevoidmusl ~]$ uname -a
Linux awesomevoidmusl 4.14.15_3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 28 22:13:16 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[pin@awesomevoidmusl ~]$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
Mitigation: Full generic retpoline

Sorry, on Void again

Should get that 4.15 on my PM7 soon....

[zebedeeboss]

Well that worked... on Elementary OS - I wasn't going to test it on my Pep - I'll wait for official releases here