Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:06 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Parv <parv@pair.com> Cc: "Guillaume R." <raimondeau@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A stupid 64bit question ... but ... Message-ID: <20051206021943.O1077@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20051205091409.GB65131@holestein.holy.cow> References: <20051204184826.D1077@ganymede.hub.org> <20051205030253.GC62285@dragon.NUXI.org> <7ab0fd580512042313k15a93166i@mail.gmail.com> <20051205091409.GB65131@holestein.holy.cow>
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Parv wrote: > in message <7ab0fd580512042313k15a93166i@mail.gmail.com>, > wrote Guillaume R. thusly... >> >> 2005/12/5, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>: >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:50:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>>> >>>> I didn't realize that the newer Xeon's were 64bit ... now, >>>> I've just built perl 5.8.7, and its reporting: >>>> >>>> # perl -v >>>> This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int > ... >>> Perl won't be reporting a 64-bit capable machine, when running a >>> 32-bit OS. Look in /var/run/dmesg for 'AMD Features' to report >>> 'LM' (long mode). >> >> So why there is a 64int? We can suppose that perl has seen that >> Marc's proc is a 64 one no? I asked that cause I got a 64bits >> (amd) which run on a 32 bits mode and I got oftenly such >> "i386-freebsd-64amd" > > By chance any of you built the Perl w/ USE_64_BIT_INT option? See > "perl -V". Actually, from what I can tell, that is the default, whereas you can disable it if you wish ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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