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Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 19:00:10 +0200 (CEST)
From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
To: Jonathan Lundell <jlundell@pobox.com>
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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.

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| Dave Jones.        http://www.suse.de/~davej
| SuSE Labs

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