Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | 10 Jul 2001 21:44:42 -0700 |
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Followup to: <p05100358b771879535bc@[207.213.214.37]> By author: Jonathan Lundell <jlundell@pobox.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > At 9:27 PM -0700 2001-07-10, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > According to Dave J's utility the cpu's appear to be exactly the same > >> just as the Intel boxes said when I bought them. What might be causing > >> these values to be different. And if the BIOS is setting things up > >> incorrectly then why does Dave J's utility show the correct values? > >> Thanks for any help. > >> > > > >/proc/cpuinfo shows "cooked" values which may be modified by the > >kernel, depending on what it knows about CPU errata or kernel > >capabilities. > > Max cpuid level doesn't get cooked by the kernel, though (at least > not in 2.4.6). > > Level 3 is the Intel's CPU serial number "feature". Didn't Intel back > off on that? Maybe that has something to do with it, and perhaps the > utility is doing the cooking. >
Actually, the kernel kills it if it detects it.
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