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diff --git a/libraries/libcpuid/README b/libraries/libcpuid/README index f78e3ce45c98c..80e031c94c89c 100644 --- a/libraries/libcpuid/README +++ b/libraries/libcpuid/README @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ +libcpuid (library for x86 CPU detection) + libcpuid is a small C library for x86 CPU detection and feature extraction. Using it, you can: * get the processor vendor, model, brand string, code name -* get information about CPU features such as: number of cores or logical CPUs, cache sizes, CPU clock -* check if the processor implements a specific instruction set such as the SSE2, 3DNow! +* get information about CPU features such as: number of cores or logical + CPUs, cache sizes, CPU clock +* check if the processor implements a specific instruction set such as SSE2 + or 3DNow! * execute the CPUID and RDTSC instructions (portably!) -* and have this all in your commercial application, without getting into trouble. +* and have this all in your commercial application, without getting into + trouble. -It works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, both 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. Compiler support -includes GCC and Microsoft Visual C++ (and compatible, e.g. Intel C++ compiler). +It works on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, both 32-bit and 64-bit +flavours. Compiler support includes GCC and Microsoft Visual C++ (and +compatible, e.g. Intel C++ compiler). |