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authorAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>2011-05-27 15:32:43 +0000
committerAndy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>2011-05-27 15:32:43 +0000
commit4bb90087d745c26401e09a3bd10137d7b05e9ea3 (patch)
tree39f872716920503d9d88b0fb0436e05042b5dd84 /doc
parent6715034002f2d7831b234c50a2a072320905cafe (diff)
downloadopenssl-4bb90087d745c26401e09a3bd10137d7b05e9ea3.tar.gz
x86[_64]cpuid.pl: harmonize usage of reserved bits #20 and #30.
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-rw-r--r--doc/crypto/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod
index af6b4f3a4d..3f6458c6bd 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/OPENSSL_ia32cap.pod
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ moment of this writing following bits are significant:
=item bit #28 denoting Hyperthreading, which is used to distiguish
cores with shared cache;
-=item bit #30, reserved by Intel, is used to choose among RC4 code
- paths;
+=item bit #30, reserved by Intel, denotes specifically Intel CPUs;
=item bit #33 denoting availability of PCLMULQDQ instruction;
=item bit #41 denoting SSSE3, Supplemental SSE3, support;
-=item bit #43 denoting AMD XOP support (forced to zero on Intel);
+=item bit #43 denoting AMD XOP support (forced to zero on non-AMD CPUs);
=item bit #57 denoting AES-NI instruction set extension;