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    SubjectRe: test11-pre5 breaks vmware
    On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:12:15PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > Also, if a piece of software needs raw CPUID information (unlike the
    > "cooked" one provided by recent kernels) it should use
    > /dev/cpu/*/cpuid.

    Is it also OK to use the cpuid opcode in userspace ? (after checking
    for its presence with the 0x200000 eflags bit)

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