and what does that have to do with BIOS? The only way you can tell 88 from 86 apart in software is speed and executing self modifying code to measure processor

and what does that have to do with BIOS? The only way you can tell 88 from 86 apart in software is speed and executing self modifying code to measure processor 4 vs 6 byte prefetch queue depth buffer size difference. https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/misc/Determining%20Processor%20Types.pdf https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/misc/Determining%20Processo...