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Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 21:53:31 -0500
From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
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davej@suse.de wrote:
> 
> 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.

According to the docs on VIA's site, the MII's cpuid can still be turned
off, but it is on by default at reset.  I wouldn't trust the BIOS to not
screw it up.

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					Brian Gerst
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