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Date:      Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:20:22 +0000
From:      "Rui Paulo" <rpaulo@fnop.net>
To:        "Julian Elischer" <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: learned something about coretemp
Message-ID:  <e1309ba60710280720q53049b2q6b27754dff3bb6fd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org>
References:  <47241E9C.7000605@elischer.org>

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On 10/28/07, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> wrote:
> never kldload it on an 8 year old system.
>
> *bewm*
>
> I presume that my 8 YO inspiron 7500 doesn't have whatever is needed,
> but, "*Bewm*" is probably a less than optimal reaction.

That has been reported in the past. It's Intel's fault, not ours.
The spec says that if you issue a CPUID you should be able to tell if
the CPU has the temperature sensors regardless of the CPU model, but
on old systems these CPUID call "returns true".

-- 
Rui Paulo



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