Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jul 1999 15:50:29 -0400 (EDT) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Patch for 2.2.10 (Quelle surprise!) |
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On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Alex Buell wrote: > Here's a patch that implements a new syscall on the i386 architecture > along with a small test program. I'd love to hear your opinions on this. > > Basically it just returns a structure filled out with processor > information a la 'cat /proc/cpuinfo', except that this is done via a > syscall - no more horrid /proc parsing.
o good idea, handy for when CONFIG_PROCFS not defined, or procfs.o module not available o should be implemented on other platforms too o should not duplicate procfs code (ie. have procfs call your code) o should include support for other platforms o should provide all the information that /proc/cpuinfo provides. maybe have a 0-element array at the end of the structure, and have an unbounded text area follow the bounded cpuinfo struct.
Jeff
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