Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:00:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:00:31 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:38408 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:00:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:00:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Dave Jones To: Jonathan Lundell Cc: Hugh Dickins , Jordan , Jordan Breeding , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Discrepancies between /proc/cpuinfo and Dave J's x86info In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > HD's version has the advantage of not having to make assumptions > about how future CPUs might handle the level, and leaves open the > alternative possibility of leaving the level at 3 (or some future 4) > and just turning off the serial-number capability. Given the PR disaster that the P3 serial number brought about, I'd be surprised if Intel were to revisit that chapter of history :) I see your point however. regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/