Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: /proc/cpuinfo format - arch dependent! | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:00 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:24 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 02:15:30PM +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > When I wrote schwanz3(*) for fun, I noticed /proc/cpuinfo > > varies very much on different architectures. > > > > Is it possible to make it look more identical (as far as the different > > archs allow it)? > > > > So that one at least can count the cpus on every system the same way. > > > > If so, who would the one I should contact and who would accept / verify > > a patch doing that? > > If you change it now, how many tools would break? >
Lots. Please don't change the format of /proc/cpuinfo.
Lee
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