[PATCH] add get_nprocs, get_nprocs_conf

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 05:55:08AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
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>According to Yaakov (Cygwin/X) on 11/11/2009 3:22 AM:
>> On 11/11/2009 03:41, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> Thanks, but, wouldn't it be simpler to implement them as macros in
>>> sys/sysinfo.h?
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>> Implementing them as macros won't help an autoconf AC_CHECK_FUNC or
>> cmake CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS test.
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>Also, the upcomining coreutils 8.1 will be adding nproc(1), to make
>scripting for parallel jobs easier by exposing these functions to shell
>users.  +1 on the concept from me, although why does sys/sysinfo.h have to
>forward to cygwin/sysinfo.h, rather than directly declaring the two functions?

Ditto on the +1 and the question.

cgf