Re: procfs problems
Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer (babydr@nwrain.net)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 14:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > > > We could have a standard part /proc/cpuinfo part for those
> > > > applications that care about this and a architecture-specific part.
> > > User continues to scratch head and can't figure out why different
> > > architectures display the same type of information in completely different
> > > formats...
> > Because some cpus have information that just does not make sense to
> > have on other cpus. Look at the SPARC displays, parts of the
> > information are related to the MMU for the CPU which does not make any
> > sense to display on an Alpha or an Intel.
>
> Oooook.....
>
> Alpha:
> cpu : Alpha
> cpu model : LCA4
> cpu variation : -4294967301
> cpu revision : 0
> cpu serial number : Linux_is_Great!
>
> Sparc:
> cpu : Fujitsu MB86900/1A or LSI L64831 SparcKIT-40
>
> x86:
> cpu : 586
> model : Pentium 75+
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> stepping : 4
>
> Tell me why this can't be standardized.
Dan,
Are you suggesting something along the lines of :
> cpu : 586
> model : Pentium 75+
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu : Alpha
> model : Alpha 21164
> vendor_id : Digital
> cpu : Fujitsu MB86900/1A or LSI L64831 SparcKIT-40
> model : Sparc
> vendor_id : Sun Microsystems
Hth, JimL
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