I have seen questions about how to use FMA instructions set but before I get to start using them, I'd first like to know if I can (does my processor support them). I found a post saying that I needed to look at the output of (working on Linux):

more /proc/cpuinfo

to find out. I get this:

processor       : 0                                                  
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel                                       
cpu family      : 6                                                  
model           : 30                                                 
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X3470  @ 2.93GHz    
stepping        : 5                                                  
cpu MHz         : 2933.235                                           
size            : 8192 KB                                            
physical id     : 0                                                  
siblings        : 4                                                  
core id         : 0                                                  
cpu cores       : 4                                                  
apicid          : 0                                                  
initial apicid  : 0                                                  
fpu             : yes                                                
fpu_exception   : yes                                                
cpuid level     : 11                                                 
wp              : yes                                                
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni 
dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm ida dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid                            
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