NAME
cpuid_tool - Command line interface to libcpuid.
Date
2008-11-19
Author
Veselin Georgiev
This file is provides a direct interface to libcpuid. See the usage() function (or just run the program with the `--help' switch) for a short command line options reference.
This file has several purposes:
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When started with no arguments, the program outputs the RAW and decoded CPU data to files (raw.txt' and report.txt', respectively) - this is intended to be a dumb, doubleclicky tool for non-developer users, that can provide debug info about unrecognized processors to libcpuid developers.
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When operated from the terminal with the --report' option, it is a generic CPU-info utility.
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Can be used in shell scripts, e.g. to get the name of the CPU, cache sizes, features, with query options like --cache', `--brandstr', etc.
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Finally, it serves to self-document libcpiud itself :)