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Text: Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value. Set this to enabled for legacy operating systems such as Linux or Unix.
Found this in the BIOS of a Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H mobo.
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in reply to robber • •is reasonable for an 18 core 36 thread CPU. So it seems the Linux kernel figures it out on it's own.