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SubjectRe: Use CPUID to communicate with the hypervisor.
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In article <48E085B3.1080507@redhat.com> you wrote:
> In theory it can, but it would be a bad idea. cpuid is best used to
> communicate cpu features; ACPI and DMI are (mostly) system features.

Besides that, nobody stops a Hypervisor to offer valid and usefull DMI and
ACPI tables in the first place. I dont see a need to tunnel those through
CPUID.

Gruss
Bernd


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