From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 1 20:50:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA06300 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 20:50:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA06290 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 20:50:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA02671; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 20:48:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812020448.UAA02671@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: David Wolfskill cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, wang@tdiinc.com Subject: Re: how to get hardware info In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Dec 1998 13:36:57 PST." <199812012136.NAA08132@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 20:48:30 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >Is anyone know how to write a program to collect hardware info on a > >running freeBSD system, like disk, CPU etc. > > I sympathize with the question. I've been sysadmin for a few other > systems, for which sysinfo proved quite handy. Unfortunately, I > couldn't figure out how to get at the information that sysinfo reports > for FreeBSD, so I could port sysinfo to FreeBSD, and thus just use the > same tool on each of the systems I administer to get a fairly consistent > report of the system configuration. What information do you require? I think we've discussed this before; if I remember correctly I'm not convinced that your justification for having the information is really particularly useful, and worse the PC doesn't make it possible to get the information you want in the first place. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message