Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 18:28:22 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C/C++ call to detect cpu? Message-ID: <8306445D-4517-41CC-B7FA-E20B420CE7ED@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060121203306.25121.qmail@simone.iecc.com> References: <20060121203306.25121.qmail@simone.iecc.com>
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On Jan 21, 2006, at 12:33 PM, John Levine wrote: >> Other than 'grep'ing dmesg, is there a way to know the current cpu >> such as a >> struct with the machine's cpu and cpu feature (kinda like a time_t >> struct)? > > $ sysctl hw.model > hw.model: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ > > If you want more details write a tiny assembler routine that does a > CPUID instruction and decode the result. Intel has a detailed > application > note about it at > http://developer.intel.ru/design/xeon/applnots/241618.htm > > R's, > John Erm. Nevermind. I just misunderstood your question =\... -Garrett
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