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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: Michel LESPINASSE <walken@zoy.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: test11-pre5 breaks vmware
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:50:54 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A12F72E.44C44FE2@transmeta.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> <20001115124931.B28499@windriver.com>

Michel LESPINASSE wrote:
> 
> 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)
> 

Only on single-CPU systems.  What /dev/cpu/*/cpuid gives you is the
ability to direct the CPUID request to a particular CPU.

	-hpa

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  reply	other threads:[~2000-11-15 21:21 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
2000-11-15 20:50       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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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