cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c

Wilko Bulte wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Tue Oct 18 07:49:38 PDT 2005


On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:43:15AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote..
> In message <20051018083929.GI7346 at cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>, Peter Jeremy writ
> es:
> 
> >Any hardware description information that can be extracted from the
> >system should be accessible without having to physically open the
> >case.
> 
> I agree, but the code to do so should be located in userland programs
> rather than the kernel to the full extent possible.

But still the kernel needs to gather that information somehow.

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Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org


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