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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)