Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:22:38 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: learned something about coretemp Message-ID: <472551FE.3020703@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <e1309ba60710280720q53049b2q6b27754dff3bb6fd@mail.gmail.com> References: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org> <e1309ba60710280720q53049b2q6b27754dff3bb6fd@mail.gmail.com>
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Rui Paulo wrote: > On 10/28/07, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote: >> never kldload it on an 8 year old system. >> >> *bewm* >> >> I presume that my 8 YO inspiron 7500 doesn't have whatever is needed, >> but, "*Bewm*" is probably a less than optimal reaction. > > That has been reported in the past. It's Intel's fault, not ours. > The spec says that if you issue a CPUID you should be able to tell if > the CPU has the temperature sensors regardless of the CPU model, but > on old systems these CPUID call "returns true". maybe we should just return true to the top layer if it's a 686 or newer (or something). >
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