Re: disabling Intel PSN

Mike A. Harris (mharris@meteng.on.ca)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:02:00 -0500 (EST)

On 15 Dec 1999, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

>>
>> Under Linux, the PSN is just disabled. It's not a useful feature,
>> nor is it useful information, so it is turned off a boot time, not
>> to be reenabled.
>>
>
>I disagree with this sentiment: there are applications for which this
>is a desirable feature. It would be better if this was a kernel
>command-line option, even if the default would be off.

Then all it takes is one cool useful app to come out that forces
you to use the PSN for certain content, or whatever. Similar to
how some sites will not let you in if you don't accept cookies.

TTYL

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