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FYI: MS Windows DST patches.

FYI: MS Windows DST patches.

Here a link to MS's plan for the new DST time change. Note only Vista, XP and Server 2003 will be supported.
For more info click here.

Sorry guys your on your own for Win 95

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hwprefs

HWPREFS(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						HWPREFS(1)

NAME

     hwprefs -- inspect and control low-level system and processor parameters

SYNOPSIS

     hwprefs [-v] [-h] [cpu_count={1..N}] [cpu_enable {1..N}] [cpu_disable {1..N}] [cpu_l2_cache={true, false}] [cpu_l3_cache={true, false}]
	     [cpu_nap={true, false}] [cpu_hwprefetch={0, 4, 8}] [cpu_nop_dsts={true, false}] [memctl_readbypass={true, false}] [os_class]
	     [os_type] [machine_type] [memory_size] [cpu_type] [cpu_freq] [cpu_bus_freq] [memctl_type] [ioctl_type"]

DESCRIPTION

     hwprefs inspects and controls low-level system and processor parameters

     -v       verbose mode

     -h       display help message

     cpu_count={1..N}
	      number of processors available for use by MacOS X

     cpu_enable {1..N}
	      enable a specific processor

     cpu_disable {1..N}
	      disable a specific processor

     cpu_nap={true, false}
	      processor nap

     cpu_l2_cache={true, false}
	      processor L2 cache

     cpu_l3_cache={true, false}
	      processor L3 cache

     cpu_hwprefetch={0, 4, 8}
	      prefetch engines used by hardware prefetcher (PPC970 only):

	      0 - all prefetch engines disabled, DST instructions treated as NOPs

	      4 - four automatic hardware prefetch engines, four used by DST instructions

	      8 - eight automatic hardware prefetch engines, DST instructions treated as NOPs

     cpu_nop_dsts={true, false}
	      treat DST instructions as nops

     memctl_readbypass={true, false}
	      memory controller (U3 only) read-bypass optimization (allows read commands to memory to bypass straight to read memory request
	      queue, saving a significant number of cycles)

     os_class
	      displays OS class {Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Smeagol, Panther, Tiger}

     os_type  displays operating system type

     machine_type
	      displays machine type

     memory_size
	      displays system memory

     cpu_type
	      displays processor type and version

     cpu_freq
	      displays processor clock frequency

     cpu_bus_freq
	      displays processor bus frequency

     memctl_type
	      displays memory controller type

     ioctl_type
	      displays io controller type

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