Date:	Thu, 2 Oct 1997 17:45:48 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id:	<199710030045.RAA18965@adit.ap.net>
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject:	Re: uname and processor type?

At 11:35  10/2/1997 GMT, 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.
Somebody has just written a library of routines to detect the type of CPU.
Check the newsgroup archives, I think it was called "CPUID" something.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net

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