isainfo(1) - osol9

1isainfo(1)                       User Commands                      isainfo(1)
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NAME

6       isainfo - describe instruction set architectures
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SYNOPSIS

9       isainfo [ [-v] [-b | -n | -k] | [-x]]
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DESCRIPTION

13       The  isainfo  utility  is  used  to  identify various attributes of the
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15       tem.  Among the questions it can answer are whether 64-bit applications
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20       When  invoked  with  no options, isainfo prints the names of the native
21       instruction sets for applications supported by the current  version  of
22       the  operating system. These are a subset of the list returned by isal‐
23       ist(1). The subset corresponds to the basic  applications  environments
24       supported by the currently running system.
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OPTIONS

27       The following options are supported:
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29       -b    Prints  the  number  of  bits  in the address space of the native
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34             system  kernel components such as device drivers and STREAMS mod‐
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39             applications  supported  by  the current version of the operating
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EXAMPLES

52       Example 1 Invoking isainfo on a 32-bit x86 Platform
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55       The following example invokes isainfo on a 32-bit x86 platform:
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58         example% isainfo -v
59         32-bit i386 applications
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61         example% isainfo -k
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66       Example 2 Invoking isainfo on a System  Running  the  64-bit  Operating
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70       The  following  example  invokes isainfo on a system running the 64-bit
71       operating system on a 64-bit SPARC processor:
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79         64-bit sparcv9 applications
80         32-bit sparc applications
81         example% isainfo -vk
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86       Example 3 Invoking isainfo -x on an AMD Opteron CPU
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89       The following example invokes isainfo with the  -x  option  on  an  AMD
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93         example% isainfo -x
94         i386: fpu tsc cx8 sep cmov mmx ammx a3dnow a3dnowx fxsr sse sse2 pause
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EXIT STATUS

99       Non-zero    Options  are  not  specified  correctly,  or the command is
100                   unable to recognize attributes of the system on which it is
101                   running. An error message is printed to stderr.
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ATTRIBUTES

105       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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110       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
111       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
112       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
113       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
114       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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