Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-18 Thread Beco
Hi Guys, Please, can I get something like the 'Extended brand string' from cpuid to identify a cpu using C language? Of course, not using system(cpuid) :) Something more cross-platform. Cheers, Beco -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. (H.

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-18 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:53:03AM -0300, Beco wrote: Hi Guys, Please, can I get something like the 'Extended brand string' from cpuid to identify a cpu using C language? Of course, not using system(cpuid) :) Something more cross-platform. Is x86 enough for you? If so,

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-18 Thread Beco
On 18 September 2013 12:51, Dan Ritter d...@randomstring.org wrote: Is x86 enough for you? If so, http://libcpuid.sourceforge.net/ If you need to check across architectures, you probably need to go all the way to autoconf for maximum flexibility. -dsr- Nice lib, Dan. Thanks! --Beco --

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-07 Thread Jeffrin Jose
On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 02:17:36AM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote: cpuid is the best if you are looking for any sort of detailed info. See http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10t=106956 for details. -- Looks cool :) anyway thanks. -- software engineer Rajagiri school of engineering and

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Now, if only people would notice Intel processors are actually identified by the signature (cpuid(1).EAX) *and* the platform id bits in MSR 17 (the pf or processor flags)... -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-07 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- On 9/8/13, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: Now, if only people would notice Intel processors are actually identified by the signature (cpuid(1).EAX) *and* the platform id bits in MSR 17 (the pf or processor flags)... I had spent quite sometime on the output

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 08 Sep 2013, shirish शिरीष wrote: On 9/8/13, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: Now, if only people would notice Intel processors are actually identified by the signature (cpuid(1).EAX) *and* the platform id bits in MSR 17 (the pf or processor flags)... I had

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-09-06 Thread Danilo Sampaio
great tool! On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:47 PM, shirish शिरीष shirisha...@gmail.com wrote: cpuid is the best if you are looking for any sort of detailed info. See http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10t=106956 for details. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल

Identifying CPU

2013-09-06 Thread shirish शिरीष
cpuid is the best if you are looking for any sort of detailed info. See http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10t=106956 for details. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-02 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/1/2013 9:44 PM, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org wrote: Richard Owlett a écrit : Stan Hoeppner wrote: So I fail to see why your knowing the CPU bus width is relevant to anything. If I understand correctly some processors can run

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Owlett
Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 9/1/2013 8:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 8/31/2013 10:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Especially as I explicitly emphasized wanting to know bus width. [snip] You're confusing register width with data bus width. Register width dictates which

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-02 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote: On 9/1/2013 9:44 PM, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org wrote: Richard Owlett a écrit : Stan Hoeppner wrote: So I fail to see why your knowing the CPU bus width

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-02 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/2/2013 6:11 PM, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com wrote: On 9/1/2013 9:44 PM, Joel Rees wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org wrote: Richard Owlett a écrit : Stan Hoeppner wrote: So I fail to

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 8/31/2013 10:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Especially as I explicitly emphasized wanting to know bus width. I find it curious Richard that you emphasize this, given that the CPU bus width in isolation is meaningless. Every x86 CPU since the original Pentium that shipped in 1993, up to the

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-01 Thread Richard Owlett
Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 8/31/2013 10:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Especially as I explicitly emphasized wanting to know bus width. I find it curious Richard that you emphasize this, given that the CPU bus width in isolation is meaningless. Every x86 CPU since the original Pentium that

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-01 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Richard Owlett a écrit : Stan Hoeppner wrote: So I fail to see why your knowing the CPU bus width is relevant to anything. If I understand correctly some processors can run 32 bit OSes but not any 64 bit OS. This has nothing to do with bus width. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-01 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Pascal Hambourg pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org wrote: Richard Owlett a écrit : Stan Hoeppner wrote: So I fail to see why your knowing the CPU bus width is relevant to anything. If I understand correctly some processors can run 32 bit OSes but not any 64 bit OS.

Re: Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-09-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/1/2013 8:09 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 8/31/2013 10:00 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Especially as I explicitly emphasized wanting to know bus width. I find it curious Richard that you emphasize this, given that the CPU bus width in isolation is meaningless. Every

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-31 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Richard Owlett wrote, on 08/29/2013 15:25: I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit MS Windows

Resolved - was [Re: Identifying CPU]

2013-08-31 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit MS Windows incarnations. [snip] The best

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 29 August 2013 14:25:35 Richard Owlett wrote: K-6 children What are K-6 children?? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-30 Thread John
How about Children in Kindergarten through 6th Grade. John Graves On 8/30/2013 11:19 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 29 August 2013 14:25:35 Richard Owlett wrote: K-6 children What are K-6 children?? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-30 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 30 August 2013 16:23:26 John wrote: How about Children in Kindergarten through 6th Grade. John Graves On 8/30/2013 11:19 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 29 August 2013 14:25:35 Richard Owlett wrote: K-6 children What are K-6 children?? This is an international list.

Identifying CPU

2013-08-29 Thread Richard Owlett
I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit MS Windows incarnations. Three personal machines: 1. A Lenovo

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-29 Thread staticsafe
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:25:35AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-29 Thread Kailash
On Thursday 29 August 2013 07:28 PM, staticsafe wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:25:35AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors,

Re: Identifying CPU

2013-08-29 Thread rudu
Le 29/08/2013 15:25, Richard Owlett a écrit : I'll be installing Debian 7.1 on two unrelated sets of machines. I have no record of the cpu in any of the machines. Is there a utility to identify the processors, particularly bus width. All machines originally ran various 32 bit MS Windows