[20:27] <pizzadude> hi
[20:28] <pizzadude> is the mainline kernel going to be compiled with retpoline for spectre mitigation in the future?
[20:28] <pizzadude> i mean the kernels at http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
[20:35] <pizzadude-> right now it's "Minimal generic ASM retpoline" but not full protection
[20:35] <apw> pizzadude, we don't even have retpoline compilers in the main archive yet, so we need those first
[20:36] <apw> beyond that if it needs configurations we can sort that out and rebuild some of the key kernels
[20:36] <pizzadude-> ok but is it gonna be fixed in mainline eventually (i know its mainly used for debugging, but i hate waiting for kernel fixes to be backported)
[20:37] <pizzadude-> ^thats not me
[20:38] <pizzadude-> well, it's my nick but
[20:38] <apw> ?
[20:38] <pizzadude-> nvm
[20:38] <pizzadude-> but yeah is it gonna be fixed eventually or is the mainline kernel "ppa" a red headed stepchild that canonical doesnt care about
[20:41] <apw> the mainline ppa builds there are for debugging, we keep a weather eye on them, they are not official in any sense
[20:42] <pizzadude-> yeah i know but some people use them
[20:42] <apw> with meltdown/spectre we are likely to make more effort to get them working
[20:43] <pizzadude-> them being "ubuntu kernels", mainline, or both?
[20:43] <pizzadude-> sorry if im being annoying
[20:43] <apw> the mainline builds test builds
[20:44] <pizzadude-> thanks
[20:45] <pizzadude-> .