RE: Output ACPI info via sysfs

Brown, Len
2006-05-11T17:53:06Z

>Currently, after booting a system there is no way to tell what
>hardware
>is currently in the system. The current output from sysfs only
>indicates what knowledge the kernel has of the system (ie, is
>limited by
>NR_CPUS, etc.). However, during ACPI initialization a lot of data is
>output to the console about the precise number of CPUs, lapics, etc.

Can you give an example of a person or program that can not
access a specific piece of information that they need?