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From: davej@suse.de
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 01:02:41 +0000 (GMT)
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 boot time check for cpu features
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Brian Gerst wrote...
>> I believe the MII always has CPUID enabled. It was the older Cyrixes
>> that did not. DaveJ is the guru..
> Well, according to comments in bugs.h, some broken BIOSes disable cpuid.

That bug fix is for the earlier Cyrix 6x86 if I'm not mistaken.
The MII is a different monster.

d.

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