From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751099AbVLEBXP (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:23:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751094AbVLEBXO (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:23:14 -0500 Received: from pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.3]:32128 "EHLO pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751099AbVLEBXO (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:23:14 -0500 Message-Id: <200512042102.jB4L1vUI016069@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Lee Revell cc: Andi Kleen , Venkatesh Pallipadi , Andrew Morton , Dave Jones , cpufreq , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] CPU frequency display in /proc/cpuinfo In-Reply-To: Message from Lee Revell of "Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:49:26 CDT." <1133725767.19768.12.camel@mindpipe> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 17) Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:01:57 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Lee Revell wrote: [...] > Wrong, lots of userspace programs that need to know the CPU speed get it > from /proc/cpuinfo. It would be nice if there were a better API. Why would a /user/ program need to know what the CPU speed is? In any case, /proc is not the place for this, as it has nothing to do with processes. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513