Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:49:34 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c src/sys/i386/i386 identcpu.c Message-ID: <20051018144934.GB2345@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <67919.1129628595@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <20051018083929.GI7346@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <67919.1129628595@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 11:43:15AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote.. > In message <20051018083929.GI7346@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>, Peter Jeremy writ > es: > > >Any hardware description information that can be extracted from the > >system should be accessible without having to physically open the > >case. > > I agree, but the code to do so should be located in userland programs > rather than the kernel to the full extent possible. But still the kernel needs to gather that information somehow. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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