Thread: Get processor info

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    Unregistered User Yarin's Avatar
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    Get processor info

    Does anyone know how to get information on the processor without using __cpuid or asm?

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    cat /proc/cpuinfo

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    And for windows, you can read the registry at HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\...
    Or use WMI.

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    what information are you lookign for? there are several API command sin windows to return infoz aboutthe hardware.

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    This is on windows.
    I don't want to read reg (it's unreliable).
    And these APIs are never in-depth enough.

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    I'll repeat abachler's question: what information are you interested in?
    All the buzzt!
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    never mind, I figured out how to get inline asm to access c++ vars. thanks anyway

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yarin View Post
    never mind, I figured out how to get inline asm to access c++ vars. thanks anyway
    It would still be useful to know what information you were actually after, because there may be better ways to solve the problem - particularly as inline assembler is not supported for x64.

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    I was looking for cpuid information (eas: 0)
    So basicly, I now have a function that sets a string defining the processor name

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