Date:	Sun, 16 Apr 2000 12:51:57 +0600 (LKT)
From:	Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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Subject:	Re: CPUID Opcode
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On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Thomas Harte wrote:

> 
> Robin Johnson wrote in message <38F8B55B DOT 5BFDA8E0 AT home DOT com>...
> >Whenever I call the CPUID Opcode in the inline asm, my program seems to
> fail.
> 
> First thing - don't forget that CPUID only works on Pentiums and above. I'm
> sure you hadn't!

You are a bit wrong here Thomas, because even 486's have the CPUID
instruction, especialy the last few batches of 486 dx2's from intel had
them (mine has) and AFAIK most of the 486 DX4 100's support CPUID too...

Grendel


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