Re: Number of processors
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Nope. We have to use some "C" or "C++" system/function call. Our
> programmers don't want to depend on the /proc file system being
> available.
If you're looking for an OS independant way of doing such things (ie the
same between Linux, *BSD, Windows, BeOS, Solaris, etc) the interfaces
don't exist.
On Linux the method for userspace to know about the hardware is to use the
files under /proc. That's what they're there for.
BTW most system utilities require access to /proc anyway, making a Linux
system without /proc a pain in the butt to administer. IMO you have no
choice but to rely on it.
Hope you don't need to rely on the processor features enumerated in
/proc/cpuinfo - it is not consistent for all architectures Linux supports
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