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Date:      Tue, 9 Dec 2014 16:20:38 +0000
From:      "Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)" <nwolff@oar.net>
To:        "patpro@patpro.net" <patpro@patpro.net>, Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net>
Cc:        Daniel Mayfield <dan@3geeks.org>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Real vs available memory
Message-ID:  <D0AC8AC2.12F88%wolff.261@osu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <F237E79D-D533-492E-ABC2-625C2B8C2E77@patpro.net>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091010320.1004@Ace.nina.org> <54871680.6060705@sentex.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091058220.1004@Ace.nina.org> <33800656-9F95-489B-9A0B-72102C685E6D@3geeks.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412091107120.1004@Ace.nina.org> <F237E79D-D533-492E-ABC2-625C2B8C2E77@patpro.net>

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Patpro,

Is there a reason your saying Frank can=B9t use 64 bit version of freebsd?
That cpu is 64 bit capable. The hw.machine and hw.machine_arch just seem
to be reporting i386 because that=B9s the installed software version.

=8BNick

On 12/9/14, 11:12 AM, "patpro@patpro.net" <patpro@patpro.net> wrote:

>On 9 d=E9c. 2014, at 17:07, Frank Seltzer <frank_s@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> frank_s@xxx:/home/frank_s % sysctl -a | egrep -i
>>'hw.machine|hw.model|hw.ncpu'
>> hw.machine: i386
>> hw.model: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1035T Processor
>> hw.ncpu: 6
>> hw.machine_arch: i386
>
>
>You cannot use a 64 bit version of FreeBSD, so you must compile your own
>kernel with PAE:
>
>https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#memory-i38
>6-over-4gb
>
>
>
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