> >I'd like to continue to link to x86 Considered Harmful somewhere in > >the text, but couldn't figure out how to fit it in since there's not > >really anywhere I'm talking about x86 specifically rather than all > >architectures. I'd appreciate suggestions for how I might do that. > > I think it is nice to have «why not ARM» and «why not x86*» sections > when you have an implementation that you are justifying, and no doubts > on the way-cheaper attack level (there must be a memory attack on Sway > given a hijacked browser, mustn't there be?) > > Right now, you getting a restful break is more useful than picking > wording on choices Spectrum cannot yet afford to make. Yeah good idea but absolutely. I just want to make sure that while I'm having the break I don't have to worry that people are looking at the website and getting the impression that I'm going to be able to do something I'm not. > >
> >-Ideally, all Spectrum packages, x86_64 and ppc64le, would be built on > >+Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built on > > POWER9 hardware. Even if a user has to trust the x86_64 computer > > _Ideally_ on diverse hardware with more than one transparent-ish > platform, because lack of blobs to load does not mean lack of backed-in > vulnerable functionality. Open POWER9 cores help, but do not prove > faithful implementation on a specific chip in your hands, all that > stuff. > > I would put as > « > Ideally, all Spectrum packages, for all architectures, would be built on > diverse hardware including a platform with POWER9 level of openness. > » > > But, again, this a bridge to burn once it is crossed, or something. Yeah sounds good, I think I'll just go with exactly that phrasing.