linux-kernel - Re: Processor Serial Numbers (PSN) - can it be enabled on Pentium 4

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Date:	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:23:51 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	piet@...elane.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Processor Serial Numbers (PSN) - can it be enabled on Pentium 4

Piet Delaney wrote:
> Can the Processor Serial Numbers (PSN) - can it be enabled on Pentium 4.
> cpuid seems to always come up the same and I only
> found references to it being enabled for Pentium 3.

I believe the serial number was removed after the Pentium III because of 
privacy concerns.

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