diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5df5a740d..124b8aca0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ IF(KWSYS_USE_SystemTools)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(KWSYS_USE_SystemInformation)
+  SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemInformation.cxx APPEND PROPERTY
+    COMPILE_DEFINITIONS SIZEOF_VOID_P=${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P})
   IF(NOT CYGWIN)
     INCLUDE(CheckIncludeFiles)
     CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES("sys/types.h;ifaddrs.h" KWSYS_SYS_HAS_IFADDRS_H)
@@ -638,6 +640,20 @@ IF(KWSYS_USE_SystemInformation)
     SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemInformation.cxx APPEND PROPERTY
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS KWSYS_CXX_HAS__ATOI64=1)
   ENDIF()
+  IF(BORLAND)
+    KWSYS_PLATFORM_CXX_TEST(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM
+      "Checking whether Borland CXX compiler supports assembler instructions" DIRECT)
+    IF(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM)
+      SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemInformation.cxx APPEND PROPERTY
+        COMPILE_DEFINITIONS KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM=1)
+      KWSYS_PLATFORM_CXX_TEST(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID
+        "Checking whether Borland CXX compiler supports CPUID assembler instruction" DIRECT)
+      IF(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID)
+        SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemInformation.cxx APPEND PROPERTY
+          COMPILE_DEFINITIONS KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID=1)
+      ENDIF()
+    ENDIF()
+  ENDIF()
   IF(KWSYS_USE___INT64)
     SET_PROPERTY(SOURCE SystemInformation.cxx testSystemInformation.cxx APPEND PROPERTY
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS KWSYS_USE___INT64=1)
diff --git a/ProcessUNIX.c b/ProcessUNIX.c
index 83838affc..2db12544c 100644
--- a/ProcessUNIX.c
+++ b/ProcessUNIX.c
@@ -418,9 +418,10 @@ int kwsysProcess_AddCommand(kwsysProcess* cp, char const* const* command)
        parse it.  */
     newCommands[cp->NumberOfCommands] =
       kwsysSystem_Parse_CommandForUnix(*command, 0);
-    if(!newCommands[cp->NumberOfCommands])
+    if(!newCommands[cp->NumberOfCommands] ||
+       !newCommands[cp->NumberOfCommands][0])
       {
-      /* Out of memory.  */
+      /* Out of memory or no command parsed.  */
       free(newCommands);
       return 0;
       }
diff --git a/SystemInformation.cxx b/SystemInformation.cxx
index 59a9abe6b..b20d72458 100644
--- a/SystemInformation.cxx
+++ b/SystemInformation.cxx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ typedef struct rlimit ResourceLimitType;
 #define USE_CPUID_INTRINSICS 0
 #endif
 
-#if USE_ASM_INSTRUCTIONS || USE_CPUID_INTRINSICS
+#if USE_ASM_INSTRUCTIONS || USE_CPUID_INTRINSICS || defined(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID)
 # define USE_CPUID 1
 #else
 # define USE_CPUID 0
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static bool call_cpuid(int select, int result[4])
   return true;
 #else
   int tmp[4];
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
   // Use SEH to determine CPUID presence
   __try {
     _asm {
@@ -262,7 +263,24 @@ static bool call_cpuid(int select, int result[4])
     return false;
     }
 
-  memcpy(result, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+    memcpy(result, tmp, sizeof(tmp));
+#elif defined(KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID)
+  unsigned int a, b, c, d;
+  __asm {
+    mov EAX, select;
+    cpuid
+    mov a, EAX;
+    mov b, EBX;
+    mov c, ECX;
+    mov d, EDX;
+  }
+
+  result[0] = a;
+  result[1] = b;
+  result[2] = c;
+  result[3] = d;
+#endif
+
   // The cpuid instruction succeeded.
   return true;
 #endif
@@ -432,7 +450,7 @@ protected:
   int CPUCount();
   unsigned char LogicalCPUPerPhysicalCPU();
   unsigned char GetAPICId();
-  unsigned int IsHyperThreadingSupported();
+  bool IsHyperThreadingSupported();
   static LongLong GetCyclesDifference(DELAY_FUNC, unsigned int);
 
   // For Linux and Cygwin, /proc/cpuinfo formats are slightly different
@@ -456,7 +474,8 @@ protected:
   kwsys_stl::string SysCtlBuffer;
 
   // For Solaris
-  bool QuerySolarisInfo();
+  bool QuerySolarisMemory();
+  bool QuerySolarisProcessor();
   kwsys_stl::string ParseValueFromKStat(const char* arguments);
   kwsys_stl::string RunProcess(kwsys_stl::vector<const char*> args);
 
@@ -481,9 +500,11 @@ protected:
   //For AIX
   bool QueryAIXMemory();
 
+  bool QueryProcessorBySysconf();
   bool QueryProcessor();
 
   // Evaluate the memory information.
+  bool QueryMemoryBySysconf();
   bool QueryMemory();
   size_t TotalVirtualMemory;
   size_t AvailableVirtualMemory;
@@ -1287,7 +1308,7 @@ void SystemInformationImplementation::RunCPUCheck()
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
   this->ParseSysCtl();
 #elif defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
-  this->QuerySolarisInfo();
+  this->QuerySolarisProcessor();
 #elif defined(__HAIKU__)
   this->QueryHaikuInfo();
 #elif defined(__QNX__)
@@ -1313,7 +1334,7 @@ void SystemInformationImplementation::RunMemoryCheck()
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
   this->ParseSysCtl();
 #elif defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
-  this->QuerySolarisInfo();
+  this->QuerySolarisMemory();
 #elif defined(__HAIKU__)
   this->QueryHaikuInfo();
 #elif defined(__QNX__)
@@ -3016,7 +3037,7 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::RetreiveInformationFromCpuInfoFile()
   return true;
 }
 
-bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryProcessor()
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryProcessorBySysconf()
 {
 #if defined(_SC_NPROC_ONLN) && !defined(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
 // IRIX names this slightly different
@@ -3039,6 +3060,11 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryProcessor()
 #endif
 }
 
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryProcessor()
+{
+  return this->QueryProcessorBySysconf();
+}
+
 /**
 Get total system RAM in units of KiB.
 */
@@ -3559,8 +3585,7 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryAIXMemory()
 #endif
 }
 
-/** Query for the memory status */
-bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryMemory()
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryMemoryBySysconf()
 {
 #if defined(_SC_PHYS_PAGES) && defined(_SC_PAGESIZE)
   // Assume the mmap() granularity as returned by _SC_PAGESIZE is also
@@ -3597,6 +3622,12 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryMemory()
 #endif
 }
 
+/** Query for the memory status */
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QueryMemory()
+{
+  return this->QueryMemoryBySysconf();
+}
+
 /** */
 size_t SystemInformationImplementation::GetTotalVirtualMemory()
 {
@@ -3729,8 +3760,13 @@ unsigned char SystemInformationImplementation::LogicalCPUPerPhysicalCPU(void)
 
 
 /** Works only for windows */
-unsigned int SystemInformationImplementation::IsHyperThreadingSupported()
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::IsHyperThreadingSupported()
 {
+  if (this->Features.ExtendedFeatures.SupportsHyperthreading)
+    {
+    return true;
+    }
+
 #if USE_CPUID
   int Regs[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 },
              VendorId[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
@@ -3748,13 +3784,15 @@ unsigned int SystemInformationImplementation::IsHyperThreadingSupported()
 
   if (((Regs[0] & FAMILY_ID) == PENTIUM4_ID) || (Regs[0] & EXT_FAMILY_ID))
     {
-    if (VendorId[1] == 'uneG')
+    if (VendorId[1] == 0x756e6547) // 'uneG'
       {
-      if (VendorId[3] == 'Ieni')
+      if (VendorId[3] == 0x49656e69) // 'Ieni'
         {
-        if (VendorId[2] == 'letn')
+        if (VendorId[2] == 0x6c65746e) // 'letn'
           {
-          return(Regs[3] & HT_BIT);    // Genuine Intel with hyper-Threading technology
+          // Genuine Intel with hyper-Threading technology
+          this->Features.ExtendedFeatures.SupportsHyperthreading = ((Regs[3] & HT_BIT) != 0);
+          return this->Features.ExtendedFeatures.SupportsHyperthreading;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -4251,16 +4289,40 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemInformationImplementation::ParseValueFromKStat(const cha
   return value;
 }
 
-
 /** Querying for system information from Solaris */
-bool SystemInformationImplementation::QuerySolarisInfo()
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QuerySolarisMemory()
 {
-  // Parse values
-  this->NumberOfPhysicalCPU = static_cast<unsigned int>(
-    atoi(this->ParseValueFromKStat("-n syste_misc -s ncpus").c_str()));
-  this->NumberOfLogicalCPU = this->NumberOfPhysicalCPU;
-  this->Features.ExtendedFeatures.LogicalProcessorsPerPhysical = 1;
+#if defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
+  // Solaris allows querying this value by sysconf, but if this is
+  // a 32 bit process on a 64 bit host the returned memory will be
+  // limited to 4GiB. So if this is a 32 bit process or if the sysconf
+  // method fails use the kstat interface.
+#if SIZEOF_VOID_P == 8
+  if (this->QueryMemoryBySysconf())
+    {
+    return true;
+    }
+#endif
 
+  char* tail;
+  unsigned long totalMemory =
+       strtoul(this->ParseValueFromKStat("-s physmem").c_str(),&tail,0);
+  this->TotalPhysicalMemory = totalMemory/128;
+
+  return true;
+#else
+  return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+bool SystemInformationImplementation::QuerySolarisProcessor()
+{
+  if (!this->QueryProcessorBySysconf())
+    {
+    return false;
+    }
+
+  // Parse values
   this->CPUSpeedInMHz = static_cast<float>(atoi(this->ParseValueFromKStat("-s clock_MHz").c_str()));
 
   // Chip family
@@ -4277,20 +4339,6 @@ bool SystemInformationImplementation::QuerySolarisInfo()
     this->FindManufacturer();
     }
 
-  // Cache size
-  this->Features.L1CacheSize = 0;
-  this->Features.L2CacheSize = 0;
-
-  char* tail;
-  unsigned long totalMemory =
-       strtoul(this->ParseValueFromKStat("-s physmem").c_str(),&tail,0);
-  this->TotalPhysicalMemory = totalMemory/128;
-
-  // Undefined values (for now at least)
-  this->TotalVirtualMemory = 0;
-  this->AvailablePhysicalMemory = 0;
-  this->AvailableVirtualMemory = 0;
-
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx b/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
index ae5870342..48976c442 100644
--- a/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
+++ b/kwsysPlatformTestsCXX.cxx
@@ -580,3 +580,30 @@ int main()
     }
 }
 #endif
+
+#ifdef TEST_KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM
+int main()
+{
+  int a = 1;
+  __asm {
+    xor EBX, EBX;
+    mov a, EBX;
+  }
+
+  return a;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TEST_KWSYS_CXX_HAS_BORLAND_ASM_CPUID
+int main()
+{
+  int a = 0;
+  __asm {
+    xor EAX, EAX;
+    cpuid;
+    mov a, EAX;
+  }
+
+  return a;
+}
+#endif