Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261596AbVDSTRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261617AbVDSTRH (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:07 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:36551 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261596AbVDSTRC (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:02 -0400 Subject: Re: /proc/cpuinfo format - arch dependent! From: Lee Revell To: Lennart Sorensen Cc: Nico Schottelius , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050419132417.GS17865@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <20050419121530.GB23282@schottelius.org> <20050419132417.GS17865@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:17:00 -0400 Message-Id: <1113938220.20178.0.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 888 Lines: 25 On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 09:24 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 02:15:30PM +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote: > > When I wrote schwanz3(*) for fun, I noticed /proc/cpuinfo > > varies very much on different architectures. > > > > Is it possible to make it look more identical (as far as the different > > archs allow it)? > > > > So that one at least can count the cpus on every system the same way. > > > > If so, who would the one I should contact and who would accept / verify > > a patch doing that? > > If you change it now, how many tools would break? > Lots. Please don't change the format of /proc/cpuinfo. Lee - 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/