Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2001 05:22:35 +0200 (CEST) | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [Patch] Output of L1,L2 and L3 cache sizes to /proc/cpuinfo |
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On Mon, 21 May 2001, Steven Walter wrote:
> > Any particular reason this needs to be done in the kernel, as opposed > > to having your script read /dev/cpu/*/cpuid? > Wouldn't that be the same reason we have /anything/ in cpuinfo?
When /proc/cpuinfo was added, we didn't have /dev/cpu/*/cpuid Now that we do, we're stuck with keeping /proc/cpuinfo for compatability reasons.
regards,
Dave.
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