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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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Jo!

> /proc/cpuinfo for one could be replaced by dropping syslog
> messages at a fixed file in /etc/ during boot - it's static after
> all!.

cpuinfo may change at runtime -- think hot-plugging CPUs.
								Pavel
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