Debian Project Warns: Turn off Hyperthreading with Skylake and Kaby Lake

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    Microsoft is sure going to issue a mandatory microcode update for this through Windows Update, right?
     
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    So, performance increase BIOSes are incomming?
     
  4. SirDremor

    SirDremor Master Guru

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    Sound like anti-Intel fake news.
     

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    Do you think this problem will stop Bitcoin miners for a while, so RX580 and GTX1060 became available again :)
     
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    The information is so vague, it seems doctored.
     
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    my first thought exactly. turns out.. not

    i could be wrong but it seems (quick googling) Debian 16.04 got shipped with old microcode.
     
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    no, only fixing bios incomming... wich is already good btw
     
  9. thatguy91

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    If people have come across the issue, they likely just blamed the software under Linux or Microsoft for Windows. It could have easily gone this long considering it's only the hyperthreaded CPU's and not i5, and the alleged sporadic nature of it. Microsoft may update it in a CPU driver, but ideally it is done through a bios update.
     
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    on other hand, HT or the AMD's equivalent is not a real core... some distro doesn't like it at all.

    Remember the 1st iteration of HT and all the drama in the community (real or not ;) )...

    the fix is welcome, even if you don't have issue :pc1:
     

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    Did you even read the link's info? Is it so hard to actually get informed before commenting?

    Pears - apples.

    Debian is in the 9th version, you're confusing it with Ubuntu.
     
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    I will not be disabling HT on my wife's Kaby Lake Processor based PC for now as have never had a problem!
     
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    Someone could in theory find wifi passwords from the coredumps. I'll see if turning Hypertheading off helps.

    **Edit. It doesn't help. About from turning the CPU in to a dual core. :)
     
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    They may already have.. this issue has been known for 6+ months now. Intel already pushed Microcode updates to OEM's to fix it. Whether or not they'll update the bios's for all 50000 models that every company seems to ship is another story.

    Honestly the real story should be that Intel sucks at communicating to it's users what's fixed and what's broken. In fact Intel just sucks at communicating in general - the fact that they abandon EU press with the X299 release is evidence of that. Company needs a swift kick to the balls - I just feel they are completely out of touch.
     
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    Microcode is actully very cool in what it does. Still hurts my brain trying to figure it out though.
     
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    Just check mine , command prompt, type set, and then press ENTER. Note the string that is displayed next to PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER

    mine is model 94 and stepping 3

    So should i disable HT or not i've never noticed and problems .

    sorry i don't fully understand it all .. :)
     
  18. Ghosty

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    If your BIOS boots on UEFI, then you should be ok. As it uses secure boot. Basicially. Intel needs to update it's support from newer processors. It hasn't done since 2016.
     
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    Ok thank you ,:)
    My bios is in UEFI mode and i havent enable secure boot mode either .

    Over the last year or two ive only ever had a few BSOD and that from overclocking to far i think .
     
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    You should turn Secure boot on. It can help stop virues that are able to run at boot.
     

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