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From: Michel LESPINASSE <walken@zoy.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: test11-pre5 breaks vmware
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:49:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001115124931.B28499@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CF021B54DF0@vcnet.vc.cvut.cz> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011151454590.10690-100000@godzilla.spiteful.org> <8uuqmv$el4$1@cesium.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <8uuqmv$el4$1@cesium.transmeta.com>; from hpa@zytor.com on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:12:15PM -0800

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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  reply	other threads:[~2000-11-15 21:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-15 17:47 test11-pre5 breaks vmware Petr Vandrovec
2000-11-15 20:05 ` Scott Murray
2000-11-15 20:12   ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-15 20:49     ` Michel LESPINASSE [this message]
2000-11-15 20:50       ` H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-16  0:29     ` Albert D. Cahalan
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-11-15 22:39 Petr Vandrovec
2000-11-15 17:57 Petr Vandrovec
2000-11-14 12:47 More modutils: It's probably worse Petr Vandrovec
2000-11-15  1:59 ` test11-pre5 breaks vmware Tigran Aivazian

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