Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: [patch] PIII/Katmai & FXSAVE support, disable serial-#, 2.2.2 | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 1999 13:50:08 +1100 (EST) |
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Oliver Xymoron wrote the following: > > On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Jim Freeman wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 09:54:37PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > - disables PIII serial# on all CPUs (Doug Ledford) > > > [we might make this configurable in the future for Wine > > > compatibility] > > > > Serve up the serial# from the entropy pool :-) > > Presumably they have some sort of check code built in. Best to just force > it off and tell people to forget they ever heard of it. As long as PIII's > with serial numbers enabled don't become a significant fraction of the > entire x86 market, having access to it won't matter.
Regarding this lamearse cpuid thing. Is the off switch and on/off switch?
Ie can the cpuid be turned on again by any software? Or is it a one time decision for the life of the cpu or the life of a session (between power-on and power-off)?
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