class Hardware # These methods use info spewed out by sysctl. # Look in for decoding info. def self.cpu_type @@cpu_type ||= `/usr/sbin/sysctl -n hw.cputype`.to_i case @@cpu_type when 7 :intel when 18 :ppc else :dunno end end def self.intel_family @@intel_family ||= `/usr/sbin/sysctl -n hw.cpufamily`.to_i case @@intel_family when 0x73d67300 # Yonah: Core Solo/Duo :core when 0x426f69ef # Merom: Core 2 Duo :core2 when 0x78ea4fbc # Penryn :penryn when 0x6b5a4cd2 # Nehalem :nehalem else :dunno end end def self.processor_count @@processor_count ||= `/usr/sbin/sysctl -n hw.ncpu`.to_i end def self.cores_as_words case Hardware.processor_count when 1 then 'single' when 2 then 'dual' when 4 then 'quad' else Hardware.processor_count end end def self.is_64_bit? self.sysctl_bool("hw.cpu64bit_capable") end def self.bits Hardware.is_64_bit? ? 64 : 32 end protected def self.sysctl_bool(property) result = nil IO.popen("/usr/sbin/sysctl -n #{property} 2>/dev/null") do |f| result = f.gets.to_i # should be 0 or 1 end $?.success? && result == 1 # sysctl call succeded and printed 1 end end