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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.