check_cpu(3)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ check_cpu(3) — the Allegro manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so we're in the Allegro manual, and today's main character is check_cpu. she's a lil function, she's lowkey iconic, and she has ONE job. let's get into it bestie 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

check_cpu — she detects the CPU type. 💅 Allegro game programming library, no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

void check_cpu();

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. void, no args, no return value, just pure aura ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So what does she actually do? check_cpu detects the CPU type and sets a bunch of global variables with whatever she finds out. 🔍✨

bestie listen: you don't normally need to call this yourself, because allegro_init() already does it for you. she's got you. let her cook. 👑

it's giving "the intern who already did the task before you asked." obsessed. 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • cpu_vendor(3) — who made your CPU, basically the birth certificate 🧚
  • cpu_family(3) — which family she belongs to, family tree energy 💜
  • cpu_model(3) — the specific model, her government name 😭
  • cpu_capabilities(3) — what she can actually do, the talent show 🔥
  • allegro_init(3) — the one who calls check_cpu for you, the responsible friend 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this was Allegro, version 4.4.3 — Allegro version 4.4.3, check_cpu(3), periodt. slay, stay compiled, and don't call functions that already called themselves ✨👑💅

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