CPU informations - strange errors

[POHI]

Dear Monks, I have to get some CPU informations independent (!) from OS. I saw many posts about that but I get a strange error and I hope you can help me.

What I do:

I get this Package http://search.cpan.org/~burak/Sys-Info-Base-0.7804/lib/Sys/Info/Device/CPU.pm and did what it's written about. I use cygwin.

   
use Sys::Info;
use Sys::Info::Constants qw( :device_cpu );
use Sys::Info::Driver::Unknown::Device::CPU; # for cygwin (?)

my $info = Sys::Info->new;

# alternative 1 http://search.cpan.org/~burak/Sys-Info-Base-0.7804/lib
+/Sys/Info/Device/CPU.pm
my $cpu  = $info->device( CPU => %options ); #line 19

# alternative 2
$info->device( 'CPU' );

printf "CPU freq %s MHz\n", $cpu->speed; #line 22
printf "%d CPUs\n"  , $cpu->count ;

What I get:

# alternative 1
Global symbol "%options" requires explicit package name at pcData.pl l
+ine 19.
Execution of pcData.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

#alternative 2
Odd number of elements in hash assignment at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/
+5.14/Sys/Info/Driver/Unknown/Device/CPU/Env.pm line 26.
Use of uninitialized value $family in hash element at /usr/lib/perl5/s
+ite_perl/5.14/Sys/Info/Driver/Unknown/Device/CPU/Env.pm line 86.
Use of uninitialized value in printf at pcData.pl line 22.

What should I do?

Have someone a hint for me? What options in %options are possible and how I can/should configure it? What means the output in alternative 2? Is this a nice way or is there a nicer way to get this informations? I learned Perl 2-3 weeks ago so sorry for annoying you for this thing if it's a basic topic. :)

[toolic]

Global symbol "%options" requires explicit package name at pcData.pl line 19.

That means that you use strict;, but you didn't declare the %options hash variable, typically with my.

What options in %options are possible and how I can/should configure it?

The module documentation should describe what options are available. I took a quick look through Sys::Info and its other modules, but I didn't find anything relevant. You can look for example code usages, for example in the "t" test directories that come with the distribution. You can also look through the source code. If that doesn't help, contact the module author

is there a nicer way to get this informations?

The SEE ALSO section mentions more alternatives than you can shake a stick at.

[GotToBTru]

Perhaps contact the author? I just reviewed the documentation, and I don't see a definition of what should be in %options.

[POHI]

Thanks for your advice. I'll contact the author.