-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Knochner Sent: den 7 februari 2013 16:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Get_cpu_info on platforms other than Windows?
On 2013-02-06 22:52, Guy Harris wrote: >> 2) it's easier to get them to open About -> Wireshark than to figure >> up whatever tool is appropriate on their particular OS or to otherwise >> get the CPU information. > >right, but why build that into wireshark with all "hassles" of >interoperability? > >> However, there's other information that might be useful, such as bus >> speeds, memory speeds, etc.; I doubt we want to gather a ton of >> information about that. > >why not have a 'portable' script (perl, python, lua) that scans the OS for >different available system tools, >gathers the data and reports back whatever it finds (lsb_release -a, uname >-xyz, cat /proc/cpu, systctl -a, >etc.). >Windows >however, would need some special treatment, but adjusting a script should be >easier than adding the same >functionality to the Wireshark code. > >And asking the user to run 'crash_report.py' from the install directory should >be no problem, as the user has >an interest in getting the problem fixed. > >Just a few thoughts .... > >Regards >Kurt I'll just let this one rest in peace then. Regards Anders ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
