diff --git a/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt b/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 763a3a3d737e6b8ae1cb19738a177b72c1aaf4e9..527ab42fc9f298b139aa05735f8daa89873d6380 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/indra/llcommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ if (LL_TESTS)
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llframetimer "" "${test_libs}")
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llinstancetracker "" "${test_libs}")
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(lllazy "" "${test_libs}")
+  LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llprocessor "" "${test_libs}")
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llrand "" "${test_libs}")
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llsdserialize "" "${test_libs}")
   LL_ADD_INTEGRATION_TEST(llstring "" "${test_libs}")
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.cpp b/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.cpp
index b7c1fd2ad2834accc479050169b346e0da08737c..75f1c7e36ccab9810ded6cf092d1f7c57fa29253 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.cpp
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@
 
 #include "llsd.h"
 
+#if LL_MSVC && _M_X64
+#      define LL_X86_64 1
+#      define LL_X86 1
+#elif LL_MSVC && _M_IX86
+#      define LL_X86 1
+#elif LL_GNUC && ( defined(__amd64__) || defined(__x86_64__) )
+#      define LL_X86_64 1
+#      define LL_X86 1
+#elif LL_GNUC && ( defined(__i386__) )
+#      define LL_X86 1
+#elif LL_GNUC && ( defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) )
+#      define LL_PPC 1
+#endif
+
 class LLProcessorInfoImpl; // foward declaration for the mImpl;
 
 namespace 
@@ -680,66 +694,13 @@ class LLProcessorInfoLinuxImpl : public LLProcessorInfoImpl
 public:
 	LLProcessorInfoLinuxImpl() 
 	{
-		std::map< std::string, std::string > cpuinfo;
-		LLFILE* cpuinfo_fp = LLFile::fopen(CPUINFO_FILE, "rb");
-		if(cpuinfo_fp)
-		{
-			char line[MAX_STRING];
-			memset(line, 0, MAX_STRING);
-			while(fgets(line, MAX_STRING, cpuinfo_fp))
-			{
-				// /proc/cpuinfo on Linux looks like:
-				// name\t*: value\n
-				char* tabspot = strchr( line, '\t' );
-				if (tabspot == NULL)
-					continue;
-				char* colspot = strchr( tabspot, ':' );
-				if (colspot == NULL)
-					continue;
-				char* spacespot = strchr( colspot, ' ' );
-				if (spacespot == NULL)
-					continue;
-				char* nlspot = strchr( line, '\n' );
-				if (nlspot == NULL)
-					nlspot = line + strlen( line ); // Fallback to terminating NUL
-				std::string linename( line, tabspot );
-				std::string llinename(linename);
-				LLStringUtil::toLower(llinename);
-				std::string lineval( spacespot + 1, nlspot );
-				cpuinfo[ llinename ] = lineval;
-			}
-			fclose(cpuinfo_fp);
-		}
-# if LL_X86
-		std::string flags = " " + cpuinfo["flags"] + " ";
-		LLStringUtil::toLower(flags);
-
-		if( flags.find( " sse " ) != std::string::npos )
-		{
-			setExtension(eSSE_Ext); 
-		}
-
-		if( flags.find( " sse2 " ) != std::string::npos )
-		{
-			setExtension(eSSE2_Ext);
-		}
-	
-		F64 mhz;
-		if (LLStringUtil::convertToF64(cpuinfo["cpu mhz"], mhz)
-			&& 200.0 < mhz && mhz < 10000.0)
-		{
-		    setInfo(eFrequency,(F64)(mhz));
-		}
-
-		if (!cpuinfo["model name"].empty())
-			mCPUString = cpuinfo["model name"];
-# endif // LL_X86
+		get_proc_cpuinfo();
 	}
 
 	virtual ~LLProcessorInfoLinuxImpl() {}
 private:
 
-	void getCPUIDInfo()
+	void get_proc_cpuinfo()
 	{
 		std::map< std::string, std::string > cpuinfo;
 		LLFILE* cpuinfo_fp = LLFile::fopen(CPUINFO_FILE, "rb");
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.h b/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.h
index 8350155050d11b7710b4d1acaa30964f3315fc48..fc2c8dacfbcfa17b8bcd8d65db65c1148eb6f089 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llprocessor.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define LLPROCESSOR_H
 class LLProcessorInfoImpl;
 
-class LLProcessorInfo
+class LL_COMMON_API LLProcessorInfo
 {
 public:
 	LLProcessorInfo(); 
diff --git a/indra/llcommon/tests/llprocessor_test.cpp b/indra/llcommon/tests/llprocessor_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..33c75bf22923f8ab9a1d61dcd726a3e51808ac83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/llcommon/tests/llprocessor_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/** 
+ * @file llprocessor_test.cpp
+ * @date 2010-06-01
+ *
+ * $LicenseInfo:firstyear=2010&license=viewergpl$
+ * 
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Linden Research, Inc.
+ * 
+ * Second Life Viewer Source Code
+ * The source code in this file ("Source Code") is provided by Linden Lab
+ * to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0
+ * ("GPL"), unless you have obtained a separate licensing agreement
+ * ("Other License"), formally executed by you and Linden Lab.  Terms of
+ * the GPL can be found in doc/GPL-license.txt in this distribution, or
+ * online at http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/open_source/licensing/gplv2
+ * 
+ * There are special exceptions to the terms and conditions of the GPL as
+ * it is applied to this Source Code. View the full text of the exception
+ * in the file doc/FLOSS-exception.txt in this software distribution, or
+ * online at
+ * http://secondlifegrid.net/programs/open_source/licensing/flossexception
+ * 
+ * By copying, modifying or distributing this software, you acknowledge
+ * that you have read and understood your obligations described above,
+ * and agree to abide by those obligations.
+ * 
+ * ALL LINDEN LAB SOURCE CODE IS PROVIDED "AS IS." LINDEN LAB MAKES NO
+ * WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, REGARDING ITS ACCURACY,
+ * COMPLETENESS OR PERFORMANCE.
+ * $/LicenseInfo$
+ */
+
+#include "linden_common.h"
+#include "../test/lltut.h"
+
+#include "../llprocessor.h"
+
+
+namespace tut
+{
+	struct processor
+	{
+	};
+
+	typedef test_group<processor> processor_t;
+	typedef processor_t::object processor_object_t;
+	tut::processor_t tut_processor("processor");
+
+	template<> template<>
+	void processor_object_t::test<1>()
+	{
+		set_test_name("LLProcessorInfo regression test");
+
+		LLProcessorInfo pi;
+		F64 freq =  pi.getCPUFrequency();
+		//bool sse =  pi.hasSSE();
+		//bool sse2 = pi.hasSSE2();
+		//bool alitvec = pi.hasAltivec();
+		std::string family = pi.getCPUFamilyName();
+		std::string brand =  pi.getCPUBrandName();
+		//std::string steam =  pi.getCPUFeatureDescription();
+
+		ensure_not_equals("Unknown Brand name", brand, "Unknown"); 
+		ensure_not_equals("Unknown Family name", family, "Unknown"); 
+		ensure_not_equals("Undetected Frequency", freq, LLSD(0).asReal());
+	}
+}
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