Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 May 2001 01:57:47 +0200 | From | Martin Knoblauch <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Output of L1,L2 and L3 cache sizes to /proc/cpuinfo |
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"H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > > "Martin.Knoblauch" wrote: > > > > After some checking, I could have made the answer a bit less terse: > > > > - it would require that the kernel is compiled with cpuid [module] > > support > > - not everybody may want enable this, just for getting one or two > > harmless numbers. > > If so, then that's their problem. We're not here to solve the problem of > stupid system administrators. >
They may not be stupid, just mislead :-( When Intel created the "cpuid" Feature some way along the P3 line, they gave a stupid reason for it and created a big public uproar. As silly as I think that was (on both sides), the term "cpuid" is tainted. Some people just fear it like hell. Anyway.
> > - you would need a utility with root permission to analyze the cpuid > > info. The > > cahce info does not seem to be there in clear ascii. > > Bullsh*t. /dev/cpu/%d/cpuid is supposed to be mode 444 (world readable.) >
Thanks you :-) In any case, on my system (Suse 7.1) the files are mode 400.
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