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05-11-2015, 05:15 AM
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cat /proc/cpuinfo
Hi,
I'm wondering if the file cpuinfo is populated manually OR dynamically and with the BIOS help ?
Thanks,
See You
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05-11-2015, 05:26 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
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What are you asking.
You didn't update it, so it wasn't manually. So .... ???
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05-11-2015, 06:22 AM
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Everything under /proc is generated by linux kernel. For cpuinfo perhaps BIOS or more strongly cpuid cpu instructions are used to get details.
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05-24-2015, 11:20 AM
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The /proc directory is a virtual filesystem that’s created dynamically by the kernel to provide access to certain types of hardware information and information about the running processes. |
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