hwprefs

hwprefs

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 hwprefs [-h] hwprefs [-v]   parameter   [=   value   ] [   parameter   [=   value   ]]... 

Description

Prints some information about the system to standard output. This option is installed as part of the Computer Hardware Understanding Development (CHUD) set of developer tools.

Options/Usage

-h

Prints a usage statement to standard error.

-v

Prints information verbosely.

parameter

One of the following: cpus reports the number of CPUs (either 1 or 2 ), cpunap reports whether the CPU may slow down to conserve energy (either or 1 ), hwprefetch reports the number of prefetch engines used by a G5 CPU (either 4 or 8 ), and ostype reports the code name for the system's OS: Cheetah (Mac OS X 10.0), Puma (10.1), Jaguar (10.2), Smeagol (10.2.7), or Panther (10.3).

Location

/usr/bin