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Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 14:03:21 -0400
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
CC: Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetronic.net>, nico-kernel@schottelius.org,
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Subject: Re: /proc/cpuinfo format - arch dependent!
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> Ricky Beam <jfbeam@bluetronic.net> wrote:
> 
>>Short of a kernel module to export the kernel variables, that's the only
>> damned way to find the number of cpus in a Linux system.
> 
> 
> Question is: do you need to know the number of CPUs (why?) or do you need
> to know the number of CPUs which you're currently allowed to use or do you
> need to know the maximum number of CPUs which you are allowed to bind
> yourself to, or what?

I can see responsible programs checking Ncpu before deciding how many 
threads to start, so it seems that some accurate info could be useful in 
the real world.

-- 
    -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
  last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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