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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:24:48 +0200
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> >    asm ("cpuid" : "=a" (iRet) : : "ebx", "ecx", "edx");
> Thanks.  Okay, it doesn't, so correct the code...  I wasn't sure if the asm
> directive inserted a pusha; popa combination into the stackframe, say
> instead of push ebp; pop ebp, or used some other method.  That might mess up
> returns...

Thanks DJ and RP - you put me on the right track.
My example was just a simplified version to show my main problem. For other people who 
battle with the same problem, here is my full code. The stack frame and saving of registers 
are taken care of by GCC - I checked with GDB and the code runs without crashing :)

int IsSc410Processor (void)
{
   int iRet;
   asm ( "xorl %%eax,%%eax\n\t"
         "cpuid\n\t"
         "cmpl $1,%%eax\n\t"
         "jnz NotMine\n\t"
         "cmpw $0x7541,%%bx\n\t"    // Check low order string portions
         "jnz NotSc410\n\t"
         "cmpw $0x4163,%%cx\n\t"
         "jnz NotSc410\n\t"
         "cmpw $0x6e65,%%dx\n\t"
         "jnz NotSc410\n\t"
         "cpuid\n\t"
         "orw %%cx,%%bx\n\t"
         "orw %%bx,%%dx\n\t"
         "jnz NotSc410\n\t"       // Jump if FPU or other feature present
         "movw %%ax,%%bx\n\t"
         "andw $0x0f,%%bx\n\t"
         "xorw %%bx,%%ax\n\t"
         "cmpw $4,%%bx\n\t"      // Check for stepping 4 or greater
         "jb NotSc410\n\t"
         "cmpw $0x4a0,%%ax\n\t"  // Check features
         "jnz NotSc410\n\t"
         "movl $1,%%eax\n\t"
         "jmp ok\n\t"
         "NotSc410: xorl %%eax,%%eax\n\t"
         "ok:\n\t" : "=a" (iRet) :: "ebx","ecx","edx");
   return iRet;
}
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