cpu_family

Section: Allegro manual (3)
Updated: version 4.2.2
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NAME

cpu_family - Contains the CPU type. Allegro game programming library.  

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

extern int cpu_family;  

DESCRIPTION

Contains the Intel type, where applicable. Allegro defines the following CPU family types: 

   CPU_FAMILY_UNKNOWN  - The type of processor is unknown
   CPU_FAMILY_I386     - The processor is an Intel-compatible 386
   CPU_FAMILY_I486     - The processor is an Intel-compatible 486
   CPU_FAMILY_I586     - The processor is a Pentium or equivalent
   CPU_FAMILY_I686     - The processor is a Pentium Pro, II, III
                         or equivalent
   CPU_FAMILY_ITANIUM  - The processor is an Itanium processor
   CPU_FAMILY_POWERPC  - The processor is a PowerPC processor
   CPU_FAMILY_EXTENDED - The processor type needs to be read
                         from the cpu_model
You can read this variable after you have called check_cpu() (which is automatically called by allegro_init()).

 

SEE ALSO

check_cpu(3), cpu_vendor(3), cpu_model(3), cpu_capabilities(3), allegro_init(3)