Re: [Patch] Output of L1,L2 and L3 cache sizes to /proc/cpuinfo

Tomas Telensky (ttel5535@ss1000.ms.mff.cuni.cz)
Wed, 23 May 2001 02:18:25 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 22 May 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> > >
> > > If so, then that's their problem. We're not here to solve the problem of
> > > stupid system administrators.
> > >
> >
> > They may not be stupid, just mislead :-( When Intel created the "cpuid"
> > Feature some way along the P3 line, they gave a stupid reason for it and
> > created a big public uproar. As silly as I think that was (on both
> > sides), the term "cpuid" is tainted. Some people just fear it like hell.
> > Anyway.
> >
>
> Ummm... CPUID has been around since the P5, and even if you have one with
> the serial-number feature, Linux disables it.
>
> > > > - you would need a utility with root permission to analyze the cpuid
> > > > info. The
> > > > cahce info does not seem to be there in clear ascii.
> > >
> > > Bullsh*t. /dev/cpu/%d/cpuid is supposed to be mode 444 (world readable.)
> > >
> >
> > Thanks you :-) In any case, on my system (Suse 7.1) the files are mode
> > 400.
> >
>
> It's pointless since you can execute CPUID directly in user space. The

Yes. Recently I tried to transform whole cpuid code to a userspace
utility. Not easy, not clean... but it worked.

Tomas

P.S.: but I still find the patch useful.

> device is there just to support CPU selection in a multiprocessor system.

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/