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From: Nicolas Blais <nb_root@videotron.ca>
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On Saturday 21 January 2006 15:33, John Levine wrote:
> >Other than 'grep'ing dmesg, is there a way to know the current cpu such =
as
> > a struct with the machine's cpu and cpu feature (kinda like a time_t
> > struct)?
>
> $ sysctl hw.model
> hw.model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
>
> If you want more details write a tiny assembler routine that does a
> CPUID instruction and decode the result.  Intel has a detailed application
> note about it at
> http://developer.intel.ru/design/xeon/applnots/241618.htm
>
> R's,
> John

Thanks, that was great help, I was able to get the Processor Name string us=
ing=20
info from that pdf.  Using asm instead of sysctl will ensure a bit more=20
portability. =20
Unfortunatly, getting the actual processor speed (in Mhz) is more complicat=
ed=20
according to that pdf, would you have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Nicolas.
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=46reeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Jan 21 11:33:22 EST 2006    =20
root@clk01a:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A=20
PGP? (updated 16 Nov 05) : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc

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