Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /proc/cpuinfo verbiage differ unnecessarily between ports... | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 01 Sep 1999 18:52:32 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Henrik" == Henrik Olsen <henrik@iaeste.dk> writes:
Henrik> On 1 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote: >> Since none of the info in /proc/cpuinfo should be of interest to >> any tools it should be fairly irrelevant. It's been different since >> the first days of the /proc filesystem and never caused problems >> before.
Henrik> This is not quite correct, this thread springs up regularly, Henrik> but since none of the people saying that "Someone should Henrik> fix... " gets to the point where they add " and that someone Henrik> is me", nothing actually happens.
The only real argument for a standardization so far is the number processors glibc wants to know. However I am correct that /proc/cpuinfo has been varying since the beginning of /proc.
Jes
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