> Basically it just returns a structure filled out with processor
> information a la 'cat /proc/cpuinfo'
The syscall already exists. It is called sysctl.
As far as I know this particular bit of information
is not yet made available via the sysctl interface,
so you might consider finding a good place for it in the
sysctl hierarchy.
See also Documentation/sysctl.
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