Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:39:38 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | Re: disabling Intel PSN |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Bill Wendling wrote:
> } 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?
> } /proc/sys/kernel entry
> Sounds like a grand idea to me.
Under Linux, the PSN is just disabled. It's not a useful feature, nor is it useful information, so it is turned off a boot time, not to be reenabled.
Matthew.
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