> > Basically it just returns a structure filled out with processor
> > information a la 'cat /proc/cpuinfo', except that this is done via a
> > syscall - no more horrid /proc parsing.
>
> That is exactly the sort of thing that sysctl() was designed for.
OK, I've heard the same thing from a number of people. Looks like I'll be
spending some time re-implementing the work I've done as a sysctl().
Thanks for all the input, guys.
Cheers,
Alex
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