Re: Get_cpu_info on platforms other than Windows?

[Anders Broman <anders.broman () ericsson com>]

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From: wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces () wireshark org] On Behalf Of Kurt Knochner
Sent: den 7 februari 2013 16:59
To: wireshark-dev () wireshark org
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

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