how to obtain size of L2 cache

From: milkos (pmilka_at_zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl)
Date: 04/30/04

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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 19:15:34 +0200

I'm just writting a benchmark program and I need to know some information
about the system.
How can I obtain size of Level 2 cache which is located on the mainboard ?
The CPUID instruction returns only size of L1/L2/L3 cache located on chip
die.

thx
milkos

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