src/kcpuinfo.h

   1 /*
   2  * This file is part of the KDE libraries
   3  * Copyright (C) 2003 Fredrik Höglund <fredrik@kde.org>
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  26
  27 #ifndef __KCPUINFO_H
  28 #define __KCPUINFO_H
  29
  30 #include <kdefx_export.h>
  31
  32 /**
  33  * This class provides a means for applications to obtain information at
  34  * runtime about processor support for certain architecture extensions,
  35  * such as MMX, SSE, 3DNow and AltiVec.
  36  */
  37 namespace KCPUInfo
  38 {
  39     /**
  40      * This enum contains the list of architecture extensions you
  41      * can query.
  42      */
  43     enum Extensions {
  44         IntelMMX        = 1 << 0,  //!< Intel's MMX instructions.
  45         IntelSSE        = 1 << 1,  //!< Intel's SSE instructions.
  46         IntelSSE2       = 1 << 2,  //!< Intel's SSE2 instructions.
  47         AMD3DNOW        = 1 << 3,  //!< AMD 3DNOW instructions
  48         AltiVec         = 1 << 4   //!< Motorola AltiVec instructions
  49     };
  50
  51     /**
  52      * Returns true if the processor supports @p extension,
  53      * and false otherwise.
  54      *
  55      * @param   extension the feature to query.
  56      * @return  If true, the processor supports @p extension.
  57      * @see     Extensions
  58      */
  59     KDEFX_EXPORT bool haveExtension( unsigned int extension );
  60 }
  61
  62 #endif
  63