Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Daniel Gryniewicz <dang@g.o>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:23:20
Message-Id: 1127744514.12142.6.camel@localhost
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options by Alvin Thompson
1 On Mon, 2005-09-26 at 09:21 -0400, Alvin Thompson wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 20:23 -0500, William Tetrault wrote:
3 > > Some semprons are 64-bit enabled - these can use amd64 profiles if you want
4 > > the 64-bit capabilities. The others should stick to athlon-xp profiles and
5 > > their related make flags.
6 >
7 > interesting, thanks! how do i know if mine is 64-bit enabled? it's an
8 > eMachines M5414 (they apparently produced around 12 of them :). this is
9 > what /proc/cpu says:
10 >
11 > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
12 > processor : 0
13 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
14 > cpu family : 15
15 > model : 8
16 > model name : Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+
17 > stepping : 2
18 > cpu MHz : 798.356
19 > cache size : 256 KB
20 > fdiv_bug : no
21 > hlt_bug : no
22 > f00f_bug : no
23 > coma_bug : no
24 > fpu : yes
25 > fpu_exception : yes
26 > cpuid level : 1
27 > wp : yes
28 > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
29 > mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext 3dnowext
30 > 3dnow
31 > bogomips : 1585.15
32 >
33 > it's actually 1.6 GHz throttled down. so if it's 64-bit enabled can i
34 > use the 64-bit version of linux? what make options should i use?
35 >
36 > thanks,
37 > alvin
38 >
39
40 It looks like it's not. My cpuinfo has this:
41
42 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
43
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45 Daniel Gryniewicz
46 Gentoo AMD64 Team / Gentoo Gnome Herd / AMD64 Operational AT Lead
47
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Alvin Thompson <alvin-gentoo@×××××××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Ian Hastie <ianh@××××××××××××××.net>