[MODERATED] Re: LVI

"Luck, Tony" <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:36:46 -0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.lore.historical-speck
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 12:27:09PM -0600, speck for Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > On current Intel parts, stac/clac have lfence semantics, but I don't
> > recall if this is intended to be relied upon in future parts.
> 
> Ah, that would be interesting to know..

Not quite lfence semantics, but they do break speculation.

Spoiler for tomorrow's industry meeting - I'm going to ask for
folks to send us all the "promises" that we've made about architecture
through random e-mails and conversations on Keybase. Goal is to
get the SDM updated with this information so we don't have to rely
on people's recollection of these informal disclosures.

-Tony