Re: [PATCH] x86, CPU, AMD: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum793

[Aravind Gopalakrishnan]

On 1/17/2014 11:42 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hence the question: did an unfixed BIOS ever make it into a shipping
> production system?  Because if it did, we do have a coverage hole.
>
> 	-hpa

Right, and the answer to your question is: there is a *chance* it did.. 
From internal discussions, I could
gather that the fix went into BIOS code earlier for desktop/mobile 
versions than it did for server versions;

So there is a chance production systems (desktop ones) might never see 
the issue, but server ones will, as
BIOSes spun only from now onwards will have the workaround..

-Aravind.

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