Unlike other cpuinfo' tools which just parse /proc/cpuinfo,
x86info probes the CPU registers to find out a lot more
information. It can discover the contents of model-specific
registers, discover CPU silicon revisions, and lots more.
Information regarding Project Releases and Project Resources. Note that the information here is a quote from Freecode.com page, and the downloads themselves may not be hosted on OSDN.
This release includes the recognition of a few new
CPU models, source tree reorganisation, support
for AMD K6 WHCR register dumping, a --mult option
to decode CPU multipliers, detection of AMD
PowerNOW! on-CPU thermistors, improved feature
flag decoding, improved documentation, and minor
bugfixes.
