Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:00:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:00:13 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:14086 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:00:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 02:00:08 +0200 (CEST) From: Dave Jones To: "Tim R. Young" Cc: Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams , Subject: Re: cpu id? In-Reply-To: <20010716163004.A1103@box.lyang.net> 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 Mon, 16 Jul 2001, Tim R. Young wrote: > Thanks for the tool. > Do I need kernel support to read out intel processor serial number? By default, the kernel will disable the serial number. You need to pass the boot time parameter 'serialnumber' to leave it enabled. You'll also need the cpuid & msr drivers compiled (into kernel or as loadable modules) > And how it is reported by x86info? If it is enabled, it'll get printed out with x86info -a 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/