Linus Torvalds accuses Intel of asking him to change Linux to cover up the flaws in its processors

Linus Torvaldsthe creator of Linux and most responsible for the development of its kernel, has uploaded the Linux mailing list against Intel and other hardware companies, which ask him changes in Linux to cover its design flaws in its processors.

He has also criticized “researchers” who find supposed vulnerabilities in processors, which in reality are only theory, and very difficult to apply in reality.

The problem is that to cover these hardware failures and these “theoretical” vulnerabilities in Linux, performance must be reduced or other hardware that does its homework must be harmedand it works well.

Linus Torvalds attacks hardware full of bugs

All Linux developers work voluntarily, without pay, but they have more and more work to cover bugs in the processors, which should be fixed by Intel and company engineers, not Linux developers.

According to collect the Phoronix website, on the Linux mailing list, Linus Torvalds has been very angry with this topic. This is what he said:

“I think this time we’re going to put pressure on the hardware people and tell them it’s *THEIR* damn problem, and if they don’t even bother to say yes or no, we’ll just sit back. Because damn it, let’s put the blame on whoever it is.” “It has it, and let’s not just stick with some random crap about bad hardware.”

About the alleged CPU vulnerabilities that are just theoryassures that “honestly, I am quite fed up with hardware with completely theoretical failures and attacks that have never been demonstrated in practice.”

According to TechSpot, to Linus they have bothered you things like Intel’s request to change a masking technology called LAM in the Linux kernel to another called LASS, to cover security and performance flaws in its 13th and 14th Generation processors.

That forces Linux to make other adjustments to accommodate the patch to the rest of the hardware that Linux uses.

As we see in the previous X post, years ago at a conference, the creator of Linux did not hesitate to raise his index finger in front of the cameras, addressing Nvidia, which he called “the worst hardware company I have ever worked with.” .

In this case it is not because of bugs or security flaws, but because their little collaboration to make their hardware compatibledespite the fact that Nvidia makes numerous chips that run Linux and Android.

Linus Torvalds was in therapy a few years ago, to control his anger attacks. On this occasion, his anger with Intel and other hardware companiesseems completely justified.

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Tags: Intel, Linux, Processors, Cybersecurity