--- gavl-1.4.0.orig/gavl/cputest.c
+++ gavl-1.4.0/gavl/cputest.c
@@ -69,32 +69,8 @@ int gavl_accel_supported()
      int rval = 0;
     int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
     int max_std_level, max_ext_level, std_caps=0, ext_caps=0;
-    long a, c;
-
-    __asm__ __volatile__ (
-                          /* See if CPUID instruction is supported ... */
-                          /* ... Get copies of EFLAGS into eax and ecx */
-                          "pushf\n\t"
-                          "pop %0\n\t"
-                          "mov %0, %1\n\t"
-
-                          /* ... Toggle the ID bit in one copy and store */
-                          /*     to the EFLAGS reg */
-                          "xor $0x200000, %0\n\t"
-                          "push %0\n\t"
-                          "popf\n\t"
-
-                          /* ... Get the (hopefully modified) EFLAGS */
-                          "pushf\n\t"
-                          "pop %0\n\t"
-                          : "=a" (a), "=c" (c)
-                          :
-                          : "cc"
-                          );
-
-    if (a == c)
-        return 0; /* CPUID not supported */
 
+    /* any CPU that can run Debian has CPUID */
     cpuid(0, max_std_level, ebx, ecx, edx);
 
     if(max_std_level >= 1){