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Date:      Fri, 7 Aug 2015 18:37:01 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 64bit P4 vs mfsBSD
Message-ID:  <slrnms9umd.1krp.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <55C3D434.6030005@sneakertech.com> <8BCBAC22-6B6F-4385-8D0F-ACE59D996FD9@elde.net>

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On 2015-08-06, Terje Elde <terje@elde.net> wrote:

> If you look up the id from cpuid on ark.intel.com, you should get
> a definitive answer.

If you look up the Atom E6xx CPUs (used e.g. in the Soekris net6501),
that site claims that they are 32 bits only.  In reality, these
CPUs do support 64-bit mode, as numerous owners can testify to.

As other people have said, the presence of long mode in the CPU ID
flags tells the true story.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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