From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 21:33:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CD61106566B for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:33:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@t41t.com) Received: from rcpt.cat.pdx.edu (unknown [IPv6:2610:10:20:208:2e0:81ff:fe5c:af2e]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C518FC18 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:33:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nemo.ece.pdx.edu (root@nemo.ece.pdx.edu [131.252.209.162]) by rcpt.cat.pdx.edu (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-2build1) with ESMTP id p2HLXa4V000502 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:33:36 -0700 Received: from nemo.ece.pdx.edu (tait@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nemo.ece.pdx.edu (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p2HLXaQM006486 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:33:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from tait@localhost) by nemo.ece.pdx.edu (8.13.6/8.12.6/Submit) id p2HLXajw006485 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:33:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: nemo.ece.pdx.edu: tait set sender to freebsd@t41t.com using -f Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:33:36 -0700 From: Tait To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110317213336.GF10069@ece.pdx.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (rcpt.cat.pdx.edu [131.252.208.107]); Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:33:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=6.0 tests=WJAVA_2 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on rcpt.cat.pdx.edu X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.5 at rcpt X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: How to tell whether CPU supports x64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:33:39 -0000 I have a remote server, and I'd like to know if it will support 64-bit instructions. Is there some way I can tell? It's running 32-bit FreeBSD right now. >From dmesg.boot: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2387.76-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0x4400> Logical CPUs per core: 2 real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1041502208 (993 MB) ACPI APIC Table: FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 I've had no luck trying to search for the id/stepping. Would the feature list show x64 support?