Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:20:15 GMT From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/85656: [Fwd: [patch] expose more i386 specific CPU information] Message-ID: <200509021920.j82JKFHk067961@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/85656; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bkoenig@cs.tu-berlin.de>
To: Ben Thomas <bthomas@virtualiron.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: i386/85656: [Fwd: [patch] expose more i386 specific CPU information]
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:12:10 +0200
Ben Thomas wrote:
> - add sysctls to expose a number of i386 information:
> hw.cpu_type
> hw.cpu_feature
> hw.cpu_efeature
> hw.cpu_high
> hw.cpu_id
> hw.cpu_procinfo
> hw.cpu_brand
>
> [...]
It might be better to use
hw.cpu.type
hw.cpu.feature
hw.cpu.efeature
[...]
instead. This allows you to see all CPU information by calling 'sysctl
hw.cpu'. A lot of oids in the format parent.foo_bar has been converted
to parent.foo.bar in past.
Regards Björn
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