Re: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Where are those?

Charles

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Tsvetan Marinov <tsetso.marinov@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> IBM release benchmarking result yesterday.
>
> According to them after Spectre/Meltdown fixes, CPW and rPerf for Power8
> and Power are 5%-6% down after the fixes.
>
> Regards,
> Tsetso
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Rob Berendt
> Sent: 28 February 2018 14:59
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN
>
> That is good news.
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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> From:   Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   02/28/2018 09:54 AM
> Subject:        Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN
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>
> There is good news with respect to the Google action on SPECTRE/MELTDOWN.
> Since IBM was called out along with Intel in a Wall Street Journal report
> I've got customers that would not allow me to apply Groups/Cumulative for
> over a year to allow it now.  We are going nuts getting it all done but at
> least they are allowing it.
>
> The other good news is it allowed me to have the V7R1 is not supported
> soon
> discussion with senior leadership and now we are getting the go ahead to
> do
> some upgrades.  IT guys claiming the Senior Execs were stopping them.
> Senior Execs saying they know nothing about the end of support.  Leads you
> to wonder where the roadblock really was, does it not.....
>
> So far 15 partitions and not a single hitch.  Fingers crossed.
>
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