Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:56:12 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Rock <freebsd@deadcafe.de>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD amd 64 and VMWARE issues Message-ID: <20051205175612.GD76476@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <1d6d20bc0511301815q1029ad05k@mail.gmail.com> References: <200511272146.48247.dantavious@comcast.net> <1d6d20bc0511300748m1adedb31t@mail.gmail.com> <438DD87C.9060906@deadcafe.de> <1d6d20bc0511301815q1029ad05k@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 10:15:28AM +0800, Jia-Shiun Li wrote: > ya... I just found that not every x64 CPU will work. Only those Intel > ones with VT (Pentium 4 6[67]2), and AMD ones of newer stepping (I > dont know what is the real difference that matters) can run 64-bit > guests. These CPUs are still rare. AMD hasn't made any pre-rev.D CPU's for an entire year. Getting a rev.D (90nm) CPU shouldn't be hard at all. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?
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