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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man4d/cpuid.4d b/usr/src/man/man4d/cpuid.4d index 95b19bc834..7e70907ee3 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man4d/cpuid.4d +++ b/usr/src/man/man4d/cpuid.4d @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ '\" te .\" Copyright (c) 2004, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved +.\" Copyright 2015, Joyent, Inc. .\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] @@ -43,6 +44,10 @@ the years). See the processor manufacturers documentation for further information about the syntax and semantics of the wide variety of information available from this instruction. +.LP +Some systems can be configured to limit the cpuid opcodes which are accessible. +While illumos handles this condition, other software may malfunction when such +limits are enabled. Those settings are typically manipulated in the BIOS. .SH EXAMPLE .LP This example allows you to determine if the current x86 processor supports |