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diff --git a/unix/configure.in b/unix/configure.in
index b3df242..441c98f 100644
--- a/unix/configure.in
+++ b/unix/configure.in
@@ -726,6 +726,24 @@ elif test $tcl_cv_stack_grows_up = yes; then
fi
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The check below checks whether the cpuid instruction is usable.
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the cpuid instruction is usable], tcl_cv_cpuid, [
+ AC_TRY_LINK(, [
+ int index,regsPtr[4];
+ __asm__ __volatile__("mov %%ebx, %%edi \n\t"
+ "cpuid \n\t"
+ "mov %%ebx, %%esi \n\t"
+ "mov %%edi, %%ebx \n\t"
+ : "=a"(regsPtr[0]), "=S"(regsPtr[1]), "=c"(regsPtr[2]), "=d"(regsPtr[3])
+ : "a"(index) : "edi");
+ ], tcl_cv_cpuid=yes, tcl_cv_cpuid=no)])
+if test $tcl_cv_cpuid = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CPUID, 1, [Is the cpuid instruction usable?])
+fi
+
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# The statements below define a collection of symbols related to
# building libtcl as a shared library instead of a static library.
#--------------------------------------------------------------------