on Linux, this can be obtained from /proc http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-display-cpu-information-number-of-cpus-and-their-speed/
On Feb 17, 4:51 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <[email protected]> wrote: > There seems to be a lot of problems that either are, or might be associated > with > people using binaries on older CPUs than what they are made on. (e.g see the > thread "A command which causes Sage to crash" on sage-support). > > It would be useful if there was a script or something which detected the > incompatibility early, and warned someone immediately. > > On Solaris, I can do the following to see what instructions the CPU supports. > > drkir...@hawk:~$ isainfo -v > 64-bit amd64 applications > sse4.2 sse4.1 ssse3 popcnt tscp cx16 mon sse3 pause sse2 sse fxsr mmx > cmov amd_sysc cx8 tsc fpu > 32-bit i386 applications > sse4.2 sse4.1 ssse3 popcnt tscp ahf cx16 mon sse3 pause sse2 sse fxsr > mmx cmov sep cx8 tsc fpu > > I believe there is also a command which can list what instructions an > executable > needs, though I can't be sure. > > Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
