Re: Source code for CPUCount20 Intel utility

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"Dorel Sturm" <dodo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Vladimir,
>
> Thanks for the code suggstion and the link to CPUID utility. This is a
> Microsoft example about how to use CPUID instruction. However this code
> does not have example how to use CPUID:4 to get the number of cores
> (sigle/multiple core processor).
>
> Any ideas how to use CPUID:4 instruction. I guess I need to do something
> special before calling CPUID:4 otherwise I get in EAX all the time 0. But
> what?
>
> Dorel Sturm

The link you wrote is not broken. They just published instead of source code
compiled binary :). If you're familiar with assembler language you can debug
that binary, at .text:004011BC they begun to use cpuid command.

--
Vladimir



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