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+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package sysinfo implements high level hardware information gathering
+// that can be used for debugging or information purposes.
+package sysinfo
+
+import (
+	internalcpu "internal/cpu"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+type cpuInfo struct {
+	once sync.Once
+	name string
+}
+
+var CPU cpuInfo
+
+func (cpu *cpuInfo) Name() string {
+	cpu.once.Do(func() {
+		// Try to get the information from internal/cpu.
+		if name := internalcpu.Name(); name != "" {
+			cpu.name = name
+			return
+		}
+		// TODO(martisch): use /proc/cpuinfo and /sys/devices/system/cpu/ on Linux as fallback.
+	})
+	return cpu.name
+}