Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:53:27 +0100 | From | Pawel Krawczyk <> | Subject | disabling Intel PSN |
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Has anyone thought of adding a feature of disabling the infamous Intel Pentium III processor serial number, which any application can get using CPUID instruction? According to CPUID specs [1], the PSN can be disabled (part 3.3, disabling PSN) with a single CPUID call, until next reboot. This could be configured with /proc/sys/kernel entry, writing 1 would disable the PSN. Any subsequent calls would be ignored.
[1] http://www.intel.com/design/pentiumiii/applnots/245125.htm
-- Pawel Krawczyk, CETI internet, Krakow. http://ceti.pl/~kravietz/
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