Re: Discrepancies between /proc/cpuinfo and Dave J's x86info

Jonathan Lundell (jlundell@pobox.com)
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:04:17 -0700


At 9:44 PM -0700 2001-07-10, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > 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.

Not unconditionally, though. And (to the original question), it's not
clear why two CPUs would be treated differently.

-- 
/Jonathan Lundell.
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