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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] x86/cpufeature: Blacklist SPEC_CTRL on early
 Spectre v2 microcodes
From:   Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org>
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On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 16:57 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> We don't refuse to load the affected microcodes; just refuse to use SPEC_=
CTRL
> if they're detected.

Hi David,

Are we sure those microcodes instability are only related to SPEC_CTRL?

Regards,
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