Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:22:10 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting sysctl variables in Mac OS X with hw info Message-ID: <3C9257F2.5C0EE18F@mindspring.com> References: <20020315120943.T71602-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White wrote: > I've been asked several times about how to get CPU speed information for > inventory purposes. > > People would really like the speed number printed on the chip, not what > it's currently running at, if that's retrievable :) Can't mask the speed number. Chips with a lower printed number are just chips that failed testing at higher clock rates. Sometimes, they don't even fail, if they have a big demand swing. 8-). I guess they could laser it out... If Intel really didn't want overclocking to happen, they would put the clock on board the CPU, and make it an output, not an input... 8-) 8-). -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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