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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:07:36 +0100 (CET)
From: Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
To: Andreas Bombe <bombe@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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Subject: Re: Dual athlon XP 1800 problems
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Andreas Bombe wrote:

> The identification string is written by the BIOS.  Yours didn't know
> about XPs so it misidentified them as MPs.  Upgrade your BIOS if this
> bugs you.
>
> If ID string contradicts what you think you bought, don't trust the ID
> string.

x86info, and 2.5.2-dj11 both have code to correctly determine XP / MP.

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| Dave Jones.        http://www.codemonkey.org.uk
| SuSE Labs

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