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SubjectRe: [RFC] hwbkpt: Hardware breakpoints (was Kwatch)
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Well, I can add in the test for 0, but finding the set of always-on bits
> > in DR6 will have to be done separately. Isn't it possible that different
> > CPUs could have different bits?
>
> I don't know, but it seems unlikely. AFAIK all CPUs are presumed to have
> the same CPUID results, for example.

No. We merge the CPUID information to get a shared set of capability bits.

Generic PC systems with a mix of PII and PIII are possible. The voyager
architecture can have even more peculiar combinations of processor
modules installed.

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