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Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> Yes, that's what the spec says.  I queried this a few months ago, but
> hpa used his convincing voice and said that in practice it isn't
> necessary; there are no known cpus which need this, and any that do
> would cause other things to break.  But I guess now we have the
> counter-example...
> 

Yup.  I owe you a beverage :)

	-hpa