Re: [PATCH] CPU frequency display in /proc/cpuinfo

[Horst von Brand]

Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
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