Date: 21 Jan 2006 20:33:06 -0000 From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: nb_root@videotron.ca Subject: Re: C/C++ call to detect cpu? Message-ID: <20060121203306.25121.qmail@simone.iecc.com> In-Reply-To: <200601211310.38269.nb_root@videotron.ca>
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>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
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