Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:31:50 -0700 (PDT) | | From | Dan Hollis <> | | Subject | Re: bizarre 2.6.8.1 /sys permissions |
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> > $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq > > cat: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq: Permission denied > Reading this file causes reads from hardware on some cpufreq drivers. > This can be a slow operation, so a user could degrade system performance > for everyone else by repeatedly cat'ing it.
any reason why cpuinfo_cur_freq cant read cpu_khz ?
or rather, is there any reason why cpuinfo_cur_freq and /proc/cpuinfo should legitimately differ?
-Dan
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