Messages in this thread | | | From | "\\0xDynamite" <> | Date | Fri, 4 May 2018 13:52:31 +0000 | Subject | Re: SPECTRE, MELTDOWN, boot loaders, and cursors: A shot out of the blue.... |
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Greetings once again from the future....
Xen hypervisor was a magical product. Don't believe in it, it is misinforming your tecnnical intuition using the power of the Word.
Cheers,
your future self
On 3/25/18, \0xDynamite <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote: > I apogize for what is probably going to be a VERY unusual and perhaps > rude email to the kernel list, but I'm taking a wild shot at something > in order to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs which perhaps were > wrongly blamed on Intel and now maybe AMD. The issue, lads, may be > *interdimensional*. > > Firstly, don't trust the media reports on these issues. What I've > seen sounds partly right, but way off base. > > Secondly, here's what you need to track down: the cursor. Track down > the whole process at boot, down to the BIOS, because at least PART of > the problem has nothing to do with Intel. What puts the cursor on the > screen and how is it kept track of? I don't have the IBM technical > reference manuals (purple binder) at my disposal anymore, but that's > where you should look. > > It is an I/O confusion somewhere, perhaps a motherboard bug. I > believe that Javascript has excersized the problem due to its > contention for resources and its operating at browser (or other) > priveleges instead of a virtual machine. > > Try NOT to complain about Intel. They have not yet understood this > problem, I suspect. > > Don't ask me how I know this. > > Marxos > the restaurant at the end of the universe. > > P.S. Oh, and change the name of GRUB to GRUE >
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