Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:15:29 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [solved] How to tell whether CPU supports x64? Message-ID: <20110318111529.GA20088@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=%2BURn1iCg68nJO9m6tVt2fpR4ZLQWTJqpoQO0U@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110317213336.GF10069@ece.pdx.edu> <20110318110248.GG10069@ece.pdx.edu> <AANLkTi=%2BURn1iCg68nJO9m6tVt2fpR4ZLQWTJqpoQO0U@mail.gmail.com>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 02:18:22PM +0300, Ilya Kazakevich wrote: > > > > AMD Features=3D0x20100000<NX,LM> > > AMD Features2=3D0x1<LAHF> > > Cores per package: 16 > > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > > > > The Intel site does say the E5520 supports x64. It seems the lack of > > LM in the original system does in fact mean it's a 32-bit only > > processor. > > >=20 > Look again: AMD Features=3D0x20100000<NX,LM> > NX,*LM* I believe the reference to "the original system" means the *other* system whose output was included in the email -- which does not show "AMD Features" data. The "original system" does not show a reference to LM, but the second system (whose output you quoted) *does*. =2E . . which to me suggests that the processor is 64 bit, but the "original system" for some reason does not recognize that fact. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk2DPtEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKVlpgCgt/3giLiadZIyt6Wsb2AB+uSa 70AAn3w2ipBfgrs2O6S4uyW/e38H/wNx =2FW9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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