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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

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