Update CPU information on non-official Synology DSM system with ease

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About

The FOXBI's ch_cpuinfo is shell script , which re­trieve in­for­ma­tion about the CPU on a Syn­ol­ogy DSM sys­tem.
The script ob­tains a sum­mary of the CPU in­for­ma­tion, in­clud­ing the proces­sor type, num­ber of cores, clock speed, code name e.g. Haswell , Broadwell , Skylake , Kaby Lake etc.

How to Use

  1. Connect to DSM terminal via SSH with privileged permission.
sudo -i
  1. Download the ch_cpuinfo tar file from GitHub
wget https://github.com/FOXBI/ch_cpuinfo/releases/download/ch_cpuinfo/ch_cpuinfo.tar

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  1. Decompress the tar file and grant execute permission.
tar -xvf ch_cpuinfo.tar && chmod -x ch_cpuinfo

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  1. Execute the Script
./ch_cpuinfo

The script re­trieves in­for­ma­tion; choose the op­tions as needed.

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  1. Re-login DSM to refresh the Info Center.

Be­fore:

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Af­ter:

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Conclusion

This script can be use­ful for those who need to up­date CPU in­for­ma­tion on a Syon­l­ogy DSM in­stalled on a non-of­fi­cial ma­chine with a dif­fer­ent CPU type.

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