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- Submitted-by: jgd@convex.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick)
-
- Following up on my own posting, which I _did_ say was silly, and which
- a few kind people have assured me _was_ silly [I knew I shouldn't have
- posted that thing New Year's Eve -- too much eggnog around],
-
- >From article <16397@cs.utexas.edu>, by jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick):
- >
- > Our CONVEX system, which claims POSIX compliance, has a system call
- > that returns "system configuration" information. If my memory serves
- > (I'd check, but the books are at work, and the machine is being "PM"ed),
- > the C-library function 'getsysinfo' retrieves this information. Among
- > the items retrieved are
- >
- > * System type
- > * Operating system type
- > * Operating system level (or version number)
- > * Processor type
- > Processor serial number
- > number of Processors
- > Processor option mask
- > Memory interleave factor
-
- (* -- uname fields. All others are CONVEX extensions)
-
- Memory didn't serve -- what I was thinking of was the "uname()" call,
- which does _not_ include any hardware specific information -- only OS
- related things. [It's amazing how eggnog muddles the thought processes]
-
- The hardware specific information another source and is an implementation
- specific extension.
-
- Please allow me to rephrase my question as:
-
- Was consideration given to including some mechanism to retrieve
- hardware configuration information via 'standard' means?
-
- [I'll shut up now. Besides, there's still some eggnog left. :-)]
- --
- John G Dobnick (JGD2)
- Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation,
- and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 22, Number 57
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