From:	Ian Chapman <ichapman AT nortel DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: uname and processor type?
Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 1997 16:24:29 -0400
Organization:	Nortel
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Hi,
    at the top of boot bios prom of a 8088 that is in 
hex ffff:fff0 there are some pointers.  The very top 4
bytes is the start up vector.  The other 12 contain the info
I think you need.  I you look at some of the bios calls
which usually exist as c function calls you may find one
that returns what you require.  I guess it's not changed
too much with the processor updates.

         Regards Ian.


Ruiter de M wrote:
> 
> Would it be possible to let uname detect the processor type in a next
> release?
> 
> I personally don't know how, but it shouldn't be too difficult for
> *real* programmers.
> 
> Right now, the only thing it reports is 'pc' which is of little use.
> --
> Groeten, Michel.        http://www.cs.vu.nl/~mdruiter
>  \----/==\----/
>   \  /    \  /          "You know, Beavis, you need things that suck,
>    \/      \/           to have things that are cool", Butt-Head.

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