* Ulrich Drepper ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > glibc for a long time provides functionality to retrieve the number > through sysconf() and this is what fortunately most programs use. The > problem is that we are currently using /proc/cpuinfo since this is all > there was available at that time. Creating /proc/cpuinfo takes the > kernel quite a long time, unfortunately (I think Jakub said it is mainly > the interrupt information).
It's not only expensive to create, it's expensive and annoying to parse; I don't think it is vaguely consistent accross different architectures not to mention kernel versions. Dave -- -----Open up your eyes, open up your mind, open up your code ------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
