Patches slammed as 'complete and utter garbage' as Chipzilla U-turns on microcode

[ravi_iitian]

“The decision to address the flaw with an opt-in flag rather than activating defenses by default has left Linux kernel steward Linus Torvalds apoplectic.”

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/22/intel_spectre_fix_linux/