Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 15:09:53 -0700 From: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, arch@FreeBSD.org, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New hw.cpuhz sysctl as per PR i386/27627 Message-ID: <3B463731.2090001@isi.edu> References: <200107062100.f66L0fa01267@mass.dis.org>
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Mike Smith wrote: > CPU speeds aren't constants; this is probably not the right place to put > it. It also assumes there's only one CPU, which isn't acceptable. Being the author of the original patch, I agree that its a hack - but it's better than nothing :-) Plus, it doesn't necessarily assume only one CPU - it does assume they all have the same fixed speed though. > It would be better to have a per-cpu "cupuinfo" struct, and populate it > from a variety of sources. All for it. -- Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute http://www.isi.edu/larse/ University of Southern California To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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