On 06/25/2011 04:13 AM, Camilo Mesias wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Simo Sorce<simo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 22:21 +0200, nodata wrote: >>> 2. This seems like Trusted Computing, which got shot down in flames. >> >> Who shot it and why ? > > I don't know about Trusted Computing but this does remind me of the > Pentium III processor serial number that wasn't well received - even > though in theory it had what many people would consider a reasonable > purpose. In other words, tracking down CPUs that were sometimes stolen > by the truckload. the processor serial number (PSN) wasn't shut down---every post-PIII CPU has it. The access is often disabled by the BIOS, but it's there: http://pcworld.about.net/magazine/1903p198id38601.htm I think that TPC requires that PSN are enabled, but I can't think of why. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
