Inquiry:How to check for the CPU type ?

[hadi motamedi]

Dear All
Can you please do me favor and let me know how we can check for the
CPU type under VxWorks OS ? For the Linux OS , as you know , it can be
obtained from /proc/cpuinfo . Please let me know the equivalent from
the VxWorks OS .
Let me thank you in advance

[hadi motamedi]

Dear All
Please be informed that I found on the Web that BSP declare a function
like sysInfo() or sysModel() that can be used for retreiving cpu
info . Can you please confirm if my understanding is right ?
Thank you in advance

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Hello,

Yes, sysModel() returns a string holding a BSP-specific string which
usually, but not always, provides the CPU type information:

-> printf "%s\n", sysModel()
PC PENTIUM4
value = 12 = 0xc

Note however that this CPU type is more about the processor
architecture than the actual microprocessor used on the board.

Cheers,

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[hadi motamedi]

Thank you very much for your reply . So is there any way to check for
the actual microprocessor used on the board ?
Thank you in advance

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On Oct 14, 11:17 pm, hadi motamedi <motamed...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you very much for your reply . So is there any way to check for
> the actual microprocessor used on the board ?

Some processors, like the x86 family processors, have an ID that can
be programmatically checked but, AFAIK, VxWorks doe not provide
routines for this.

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[Michael R. Kesti]

Well, yes, they do. This is exactly what sysModel() is about. Sure,
sysModel() is crude and depends on BSP writers doing sensible things,
but that is still what it's about!

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