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SubjectRe: disabling Intel PSN
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[Pawel Krawczyk <kravietz@ceti.pl>]
> 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?

Boot any recent 2.3.x kernel on a PIII and watch for the text
"Pentium-III serial number disabled." Coming soon to a 2.2.15 near
you, I think the plan is.

Peter

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