Lukas, I knew about the /proc entry I was just wondering if there were APIs that a user can use to check for such information...as an alternative to grepping in /proc/cpuinfo Thanks! --- Lukas Ruf <ruf@rawip.org> wrote: > > Hi > > On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, kernel_learner wrote: > > > > > I was wondering if there is any way to access this > > datastructure from the user-space? > > > uccellina:~!51> cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 8 > model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) > stepping : 1 > cpu MHz : 448.449 > cache size : 256 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 2 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 > sep mtrr pge mca > cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse > bogomips : 894.56 > > HTH, > -- > Lukas Ruf > http://www.lpr.ch > http://www.maremma.ch > > http://www.{{topsy,nodeos}.net,{promethos,netbeast,rawip}.org} > Wanna know anything about raw ip? Join > rawip@rawip.org on www.rawip.org __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/