CPUID Namespace Reference

Query information about the processor. More...

Classes
union	Reg
	Structure for register values returned by cpuid instruction. More...

Structs
struct	Reg.__unnamed__

Enumerations
enum	Function {   HIGHEST_FUNCTION_PARAMETER = 0x0,   MANUFACTURER_ID = 0x0,   PROCESSOR_INFO = 0x1,   FEATURE_BITS = 0x1,   CACHE_INFORMATION = 0x2,   PROCESSOR_SERIAL_NUMBER = 0x3,   HIGHEST_EXTENDED_FUNCTION = 0x80000000,   EXTENDED_PROCESSOR_INFO = 0x80000001,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_BITS = 0x80000001,   PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_1 = 0x80000002,   PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_2 = 0x80000003,   PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_3 = 0x80000004,   ADVANCED_POWER_MANAGEMENT = 0x80000007,   ADDRESS_SIZES = 0x80000008 }
enum	FeatureECX {   FEATURE_SSE3 = 1 << 0,   FEATURE_PCLMUL = 1 << 1,   FEATURE_DTES64 = 1 << 2,   FEATURE_MONITOR = 1 << 3,   FEATURE_DS_CPL = 1 << 4,   FEATURE_VMX = 1 << 5,   FEATURE_SMX = 1 << 6,   FEATURE_EST = 1 << 7,   FEATURE_TM2 = 1 << 8,   FEATURE_SSSE3 = 1 << 9,   FEATURE_CID = 1 << 10,   FEATURE_SDBG = 1 << 11,   FEATURE_FMA = 1 << 12,   FEATURE_CX16 = 1 << 13,   FEATURE_ETPRD = 1 << 14,   FEATURE_PDCM = 1 << 15,   FEATURE_PCIDE = 1 << 17,   FEATURE_DCA = 1 << 18,   FEATURE_SSE4_1 = 1 << 19,   FEATURE_SSE4_2 = 1 << 20,   FEATURE_X2APIC = 1 << 21,   FEATURE_MOVBE = 1 << 22,   FEATURE_POPCNT = 1 << 23,   FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE = 1 << 24,   FEATURE_AES = 1 << 25,   FEATURE_XSAVE = 1 << 26,   FEATURE_OSXSAVE = 1 << 27,   FEATURE_AVX = 1 << 28,   FEATURE_F16C = 1 << 29,   FEATURE_RDRND = 1 << 30,   FEATURE_HYPERVISOR = 1 << 31 }
enum	FeatureEDX {   FEATURE_FPU = 1 << 0,   FEATURE_VME = 1 << 1,   FEATURE_DE = 1 << 2,   FEATURE_PSE = 1 << 3,   FEATURE_TSC = 1 << 4,   FEATURE_MSR = 1 << 5,   FEATURE_PAE = 1 << 6,   FEATURE_MCE = 1 << 7,   FEATURE_CX8 = 1 << 8,   FEATURE_APIC = 1 << 9,   FEATURE_SEP = 1 << 11,   FEATURE_MTRR = 1 << 12,   FEATURE_PGE = 1 << 13,   FEATURE_MCA = 1 << 14,   FEATURE_CMOV = 1 << 15,   FEATURE_PAT = 1 << 16,   FEATURE_PSE36 = 1 << 17,   FEATURE_PSN = 1 << 18,   FEATURE_CLF = 1 << 19,   FEATURE_DTES = 1 << 21,   FEATURE_ACPI = 1 << 22,   FEATURE_MMX = 1 << 23,   FEATURE_FXSR = 1 << 24,   FEATURE_SSE = 1 << 25,   FEATURE_SSE2 = 1 << 26,   FEATURE_SS = 1 << 27,   FEATURE_HTT = 1 << 28,   FEATURE_TM1 = 1 << 29,   FEATURE_IA64 = 1 << 30,   FEATURE_PBE = 1 << 31 }
enum	ExtendedFeatureEDX {   EXTENDED_FEATURE_FPU = 1 << 0,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_VME = 1 << 1,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_DE = 1 << 2,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PSE = 1 << 3,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_TSC = 1 << 4,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MSR = 1 << 5,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PAE = 1 << 6,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MCE = 1 << 7,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_CX8 = 1 << 8,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_APIC = 1 << 9,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_SYSCALL = 1 << 11,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MTRR = 1 << 12,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PGE = 1 << 13,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MCA = 1 << 14,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_CMOV = 1 << 15,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PAT = 1 << 16,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PSE36 = 1 << 17,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MP = 1 << 19,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_NX = 1 << 20,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MMXEXT = 1 << 22,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_MMX = 1 << 23,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_FXSR = 1 << 24,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT = 1 << 25,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_PDPE1GB = 1 << 26,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_RDTSCP = 1 << 27,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_LM = 1 << 29,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_3DNOWEXT = 1 << 30,   EXTENDED_FEATURE_3DNOW = 1 << 31 }

Functions
Reg	get (Function eax)
	Get CPU identification and feature information. More...
bool	has (enum FeatureECX feature)
	Check if feature is provided by this system. More...
bool	has (enum FeatureEDX feature)
	Check if feature is provided by this system. More...
bool	has (enum ExtendedFeatureEDX feature)
	Check if feature is provided by this system. More...

Detailed Description

Query information about the processor.

Note

This is an interface to the cpuid instruction, which can return information about the processor. It should therefor not be confused with functionality to retrieve the ID of the current CPU (core)!

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Class Documentation

CPUID::Reg

union CPUID::Reg

Structure for register values returned by cpuid instruction.

Class Members
struct Reg	__unnamed__
char	value[16]

Enumeration Type Documentation

Function

enum CPUID::Function

Enumerator
HIGHEST_FUNCTION_PARAMETER	Maximum Input Value for Basic CPUID Information (in register eax)
MANUFACTURER_ID	CPU String (in register ebx, ecx and edx)
PROCESSOR_INFO	Version Information like Type, Family, Model (in register eax)
FEATURE_BITS	Feature Information (in register ecx and edx)
CACHE_INFORMATION	Cache and TLB Information.
PROCESSOR_SERIAL_NUMBER	deprecated
HIGHEST_EXTENDED_FUNCTION	Maximum Input Value for Extended Function CPUID (in register eax)
EXTENDED_PROCESSOR_INFO	Extended Processor Signature and Feature Bits (in register eax)
EXTENDED_FEATURE_BITS	Extended Feature Information (in register ecx and edx)
PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_1	Processor Brand String (1/3)
PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_2	Processor Brand String (2/3)
PROCESSOR_BRAND_STRING_3	Processor Brand String (3/3)
ADVANCED_POWER_MANAGEMENT	Advanced Power Management (with Invariant TSC in register edx)
ADDRESS_SIZES	Linear/Physical Address size (in register eax)

FeatureECX

enum CPUID::FeatureECX

Enumerator
FEATURE_SSE3	Prescott New Instructions-SSE3 (PNI)
FEATURE_PCLMUL	Carry-less Multiplication.
FEATURE_DTES64	64-bit debug store (edx bit 21)
FEATURE_MONITOR	MONITOR and MWAIT instructions (SSE3)
FEATURE_DS_CPL	CPL qualified debug store.
FEATURE_VMX	Virtual Machine eXtensions.
FEATURE_SMX	Safer Mode Extensions (LaGrande)
FEATURE_EST	Enhanced SpeedStep.
FEATURE_TM2	Thermal Monitor 2.
FEATURE_SSSE3	Supplemental SSE3 instructions.
FEATURE_CID	L1 Context ID.
FEATURE_SDBG	Silicon Debug interface.
FEATURE_FMA	Fused multiply-add (FMA3)
FEATURE_CX16	CMPXCHG16B instruction.
FEATURE_ETPRD	Can disable sending task priority messages.
FEATURE_PDCM	Perfmon & debug capability.
FEATURE_PCIDE	Process context identifiers (CR4 bit 17)
FEATURE_DCA	Direct cache access for DMA writes.
FEATURE_SSE4_1	SSE4.1 instructions.
FEATURE_SSE4_2	SSE4.2 instructions.
FEATURE_X2APIC	x2APIC
FEATURE_MOVBE	MOVBE instruction (big-endian)
FEATURE_POPCNT	POPCNT instruction.
FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE	APIC implements one-shot operation using a TSC deadline value.
FEATURE_AES	AES instruction set.
FEATURE_XSAVE	XSAVE, XRESTOR, XSETBV, XGETBV.
FEATURE_OSXSAVE	XSAVE enabled by OS.
FEATURE_AVX	Advanced Vector Extensions.
FEATURE_F16C	F16C (half-precision) FP feature.
FEATURE_RDRND	RDRAND (on-chip random number generator) feature.
FEATURE_HYPERVISOR	Hypervisor present (always zero on physical CPUs)

FeatureEDX

enum CPUID::FeatureEDX

Enumerator
FEATURE_FPU	Onboard x87 FPU.
FEATURE_VME	Virtual 8086 mode extensions (such as VIF, VIP, PIV)
FEATURE_DE	Debugging extensions (CR4 bit 3)
FEATURE_PSE	Page Size Extension.
FEATURE_TSC	Time Stamp Counter.
FEATURE_MSR	Model-specific registers.
FEATURE_PAE	Physical Address Extension.
FEATURE_MCE	Machine Check Exception.
FEATURE_CX8	CMPXCHG8 (compare-and-swap) instruction.
FEATURE_APIC	Onboard Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller.
FEATURE_SEP	SYSENTER and SYSEXIT instructions.
FEATURE_MTRR	Memory Type Range Registers.
FEATURE_PGE	Page Global Enable bit in CR4.
FEATURE_MCA	Machine check architecture.
FEATURE_CMOV	Conditional move and FCMOV instructions.
FEATURE_PAT	Page Attribute Table.
FEATURE_PSE36	36-bit page size extension
FEATURE_PSN	Processor Serial Number.
FEATURE_CLF	CLFLUSH instruction (SSE2)
FEATURE_DTES	Debug store: save trace of executed jumps.
FEATURE_ACPI	Onboard thermal control MSRs for ACPI.
FEATURE_MMX	MMX instructions.
FEATURE_FXSR	FXSAVE, FXRESTOR instructions, CR4 bit 9.
FEATURE_SSE	SSE instructions (a.k.a. Katmai New Instructions)
FEATURE_SSE2	SSE2 instructions.
FEATURE_SS	CPU cache implements self-snoop.
FEATURE_HTT	Hyper-threading.
FEATURE_TM1	Thermal monitor automatically limits temperature.
FEATURE_IA64	IA64 processor emulating x86.
FEATURE_PBE	Pending Break Enable (PBE# pin) wakeup capability.

ExtendedFeatureEDX

enum CPUID::ExtendedFeatureEDX

Enumerator
EXTENDED_FEATURE_FPU	Onboard x87 FPU.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_VME	Virtual 8086 mode extensions (such as VIF, VIP, PIV)
EXTENDED_FEATURE_DE	Debugging extensions (CR4 bit 3)
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PSE	Page Size Extension.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_TSC	Time Stamp Counter.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MSR	Model-specific registers.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PAE	Physical Address Extension.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MCE	Machine Check Exception.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_CX8	CMPXCHG8 (compare-and-swap) instruction.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_APIC	Onboard Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_SYSCALL	SYSCALL and SYSRET instructions.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MTRR	Memory Type Range Registers.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PGE	Page Global Enable bit in CR4.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MCA	Machine check architecture.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_CMOV	Conditional move and FCMOV instructions.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PAT	Page Attribute Table.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PSE36	36-bit page size extension
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MP	Multiprocessor Capable.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_NX	Non-executable bit.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MMXEXT	extended MMX instructions
EXTENDED_FEATURE_MMX	MMX instructions.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_FXSR	FXSAVE, FXRESTOR instructions, CR4 bit 9.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT	FXSAVE, FXRESTOR optimizations.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_PDPE1GB	Gibibyte Pages.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_RDTSCP	CPU cache implements self-snoop.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_LM	Long Mode (x64)
EXTENDED_FEATURE_3DNOWEXT	Extended 3DNow! instructions.
EXTENDED_FEATURE_3DNOW	3DNow! instructions

Function Documentation

get()

Reg CPUID::get ( Function  eax )

inline

Get CPU identification and feature information.

Parameters

eax	Requested feature

Returns

Register values filled by instruction cpuid for the requested feature

See also

ISDMv2, Chapter 3. CPUID - CPU Identification

has() [1/3]

bool CPUID::has ( enum FeatureECX  feature )

inline

Check if feature is provided by this system.

Parameters

feature

Feature to test

Returns

true if available, false otherwise

has() [2/3]

bool CPUID::has ( enum FeatureEDX  feature )

inline

Check if feature is provided by this system.

Parameters

feature

Feature to test

Returns

true if available, false otherwise

has() [3/3]

bool CPUID::has ( enum ExtendedFeatureEDX  feature )

inline

Check if feature is provided by this system.

Parameters

feature

Extended feature to test

Returns

true if available, false if either feature or extended features are unavailable