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SubjectRe: New format Intel microcode...
> I was mainly concerned with this being a new issue, and curious if 
> Microsoft was calling an O/S bug a "microcode fix," given that the
> average Windows user doesn't know microcode from nanotech anyway. The
> non-answer from Arjan didn't answer either, and started by calling the
> report FUD, implying that Slashdot was wrong (not about this), and
> issuing so little answer and so much obfuscation that I thought he might
> be running for President. ;-)

Well you can read the Intel documentation if you want the whole story.
You can hardly expect a full introduction in the basics and then
subtle issues of TLB flushing in a quick email. You asked about opinions
and summaries and those you got.

> I'd like the microcode update,

It's called the "placebo effect" in the literature I believe.

> some people elsewhere speculate that user
> level code could effect reliability if not security.

speculate is the key word.

> I worry that an old
> 2.4 kernel would be an issue, even in kvm, if that were the case.

TLB flushing in virtualization works completely different. I doubt
it would be affected.

-Andi

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