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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:49:32 -0800
From: Michel LESPINASSE <walken@zoy.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: test11-pre5 breaks vmware
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:12:15PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Also, if a piece of software needs raw CPUID information (unlike the
> "cooked" one provided by recent kernels) it should use
> /dev/cpu/*/cpuid.

Is it also OK to use the cpuid opcode in userspace ? (after checking
for its presence with the 0x200000 eflags bit)

-- 
Michel "Walken" LESPINASSE
Of course I think I'm right. If I thought I was wrong, I'd change my mind.
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