root and capabilities list

[ds]

On 16.10.2014 00:53, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote:
> #include <cpuid.h>
>
> And then use __get_cpuid() for cpuid. I believe it's possible to
> retrieve it without being root that way.
> As user-space libraries use that to check if they can/cannot execute
> certain optimized instructions.
> (e.g. checking for SSE)
msr is where all the magic is for me.