Re: hardware independent hinv

[Mike Shaver <shaver@neon.ingenia.ca>]

Thus spake Larry McVoy:
> : Just forwarding since it sounds someone hopes that Linux/MIPS
> : will some day have a HW independent hinv... - Ariel
> 
> Here's my first pass at it.  It certainly isn't complete but it is a 
> start.  We could evolve Linux' /proc to fully handle this.

What about a perl (SGI::?)Hinv:: module that would get hinv data from the
appropriate source?  I've been thinking about a clean perl interface
to /proc for a while, and I assume the data's there for the taking on
the Irixen as well, if you know where to look.  (open("hinv|") is all
else fails.)

Mike

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