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diff --git a/system/cpuinfo2cpuflags/README b/system/cpuinfo2cpuflags/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..1b0d12c68aff4 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/cpuinfo2cpuflags/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +cpuinfo2cpuflags (guess CPU_FLAGS_X86 flags for the host) + +cpuinfo2cpuflags is a tool to guess CPU_FLAGS_X86 flags for the host. + +Call the cpuid instruction to obtain the supported CPU feature bits +instead of reading the preprocessed values from Linux-specific +/proc/cpuinfo. This increases portability across systems and accuracy of +information -- supported instructions depend on the version of the +program rather than the Linux kernel. |