The attached code is a revision of my cache detection code, and also
serves as a replacement for std.cpuid.
With the 'toString' function removed, it should also be suitable for
Tango, as it has no dependencies and generates no heap activity.

It fixes several problems with std.cpuid. Most importantly, it works for
non-Intel/non-AMD X86 processors (yes, they do exist), and has a
reasonable degree of future-proofing.
I've removed some bad-practice functions (eg, you should NEVER test if
the vendor is Intel) and replaced them with more appropriate ones.

I've included stubs for PowerPC and Sparc, and most of the logic should also work with Itanium.

But I don't have much free time, and the code is rather messy.
Please confirm that it works on your system. If anyone has the time to
tidy it up, that would be most appreciated.

-Don

cache.d output:

Vendor string:    GenuineIntel
Processor string: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.70GHz
Signature:        Family = 6 Model = D Stepping = 6
Features:         MMX SSE SSE2 FXSR
Multithreading:   1 cores / 1 threads
Data caches per CPU:
L1 ways = 8 linesize = 64 size = 32K
L2 ways = 8 linesize = 64 size = 2048K

----------------------------

Compiler is dmd v2.019. I have to change 3 lines to successful compile.
All of them are char[] -> string (invariant)
Line 444
Line 603
Line 607

-------------------------

Here is cpu-z dump:

Don wrote:
> The attached code is a revision of my cache detection code, and also serves as a replacement for std.cpuid.
> With the 'toString' function removed, it should also be suitable for Tango, as it has no dependencies and generates no heap activity.
> 
> It fixes several problems with std.cpuid. Most importantly, it works for non-Intel/non-AMD X86 processors (yes, they do exist), and has a reasonable degree of future-proofing.
> I've removed some bad-practice functions (eg, you should NEVER test if the vendor is Intel) and replaced them with more appropriate ones.
> 
> I've included stubs for PowerPC and Sparc, and most of the logic should also work with Itanium.
> 
> But I don't have much free time, and the code is rather messy.
> Please confirm that it works on your system. If anyone has the time to tidy it up, that would be most appreciated.
> 
> -Don
> 

(Didn't notice you had this new cache.d version in my previous post)

Vendor string:    AuthenticAMD
Processor string: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Signature:        Family = F Model = 6B Stepping = 2
Features:         MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 3DNow! 3DNow!+ MMX+ X86-64 FXSR
Multithreading:   2 cores / 2 threads
Data caches per CPU:
L1 ways = 2 linesize = 64 size = 64K
L2 ways = 16 linesize = 64 size = 512K



-- 
Bruno Medeiros - Software Developer, MSc. in CS/E graduate
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D

No time to tidy, but I can confirm that it works:

Vendor string:    GenuineIntel
Processor string: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T7600  @ 2.33GHz
Signature:        Family = 6 Model = F Stepping = 6
Features:         MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 FXSR
Multithreading:   1 cores / 1 threads
Data caches per CPU:
L1 ways = 8 linesize = 64 size = 32K
L2 ways = 16 linesize = 64 size = 4096K