On Saturday 21 January 2006 15:33, John Levine wrote: > >Other than 'grep'ing dmesg, is there a way to know the current cpu such as > > a struct with the machine's cpu and cpu feature (kinda like a time_t > > struct)? > > $ sysctl hw.model > hw.model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ > > If you want more details write a tiny assembler routine that does a > CPUID instruction and decode the result. Intel has a detailed application > note about it at > http://developer.intel.ru/design/xeon/applnots/241618.htm > > R's, > John
Thanks, that was great help, I was able to get the Processor Name string using info from that pdf. Using asm instead of sysctl will ensure a bit more portability. Unfortunatly, getting the actual processor speed (in Mhz) is more complicated according to that pdf, would you have any suggestions? Thanks, Nicolas. -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Jan 21 11:33:22 EST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? (updated 16 Nov 05) : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc
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