[Development] Broken RNG on AMD Ryzen CPUs affect QTemporaryFile, Qt IFW

[Konstantin Ritt]

Should we ever try to work around issues caused by broken CPUs? Maybe we
should warn the user instead (with big red banner) and decline to install
anything at all?

> <snip /> (or buy Intel)

Or let's maybe also try to work around Meltdown and Spectre on i, just for
symmetry? ;)

Regards,
Konstantin


ср, 19 февр. 2020 г. в 01:51, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>:

> On Tuesday, 18 February 2020 05:36:56 PST Sze Howe Koh wrote:
> > > Christian Kandeler (18 February 2020 12:59) replied
> > >
> > > > Probably the same as https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77375.
>
> Also https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-70606, which is when I
> reported the
> problem to AMD, but we did not introduce a workaround since we didn't know
> it
> was this widespread.
>
> > > Which version was this encountered in ?
> > >
> >
> > Judging from the screenshots, it's the latest and greatest version of
> > the Qt installer (qt-opensource-windows-x86-5.14.1.exe) [1]
>
> Okay, but what version of Qt is the Qt Installer using? Installer team,
> can
> you check?
>
> Also, anyone affected, PLEASE upgrade your BIOS right now. Your system is
> insecure. (or buy Intel)
>
> --
> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
>   Software Architect - Intel System Software Products
>
>
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