Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 May 2005 14:03:21 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: /proc/cpuinfo format - arch dependent! |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetronic.net> wrote: > >>Short of a kernel module to export the kernel variables, that's the only >> damned way to find the number of cpus in a Linux system. > > > Question is: do you need to know the number of CPUs (why?) or do you need > to know the number of CPUs which you're currently allowed to use or do you > need to know the maximum number of CPUs which you are allowed to bind > yourself to, or what?
I can see responsible programs checking Ncpu before deciding how many threads to start, so it seems that some accurate info could be useful in the real world.
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