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diff --git a/man5/proc_cpuinfo.5 b/man5/proc_cpuinfo.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7d620ce --- /dev/null +++ b/man5/proc_cpuinfo.5 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later +.\" +.TH proc_cpuinfo 5 2023-08-15 "Linux man-pages 6.7" +.SH NAME +/proc/cpuinfo \- CPU and system architecture information +.SH DESCRIPTION +.TP +.I /proc/cpuinfo +This is a collection of CPU and system architecture dependent items, +for each supported architecture a different list. +Two common entries are \fIprocessor\fP which gives CPU number and +\fIbogomips\fP; a system constant that is calculated +during kernel initialization. +SMP machines have information for +each CPU. +The +.BR lscpu (1) +command gathers its information from this file. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR proc (5) |