Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Ricardo Saffi Marques <saffi@××××××××××××××.br>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting 64 bit Intel chips
Date:	Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:10:31
Message-Id:	`3b5772b30803050909t4971ccbvbcba68633a0c5080@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Detecting 64 bit Intel chips by Andrew MacKenzie

1	On 3/5/08, Andrew MacKenzie <amackenz@×××××××.com> wrote:
2	>
3	> They do identify themselves, but they may not indicate 64 vs. 32 bit.
4	>
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6	Something one can always do is "cat /proc/cpuinfo" and then check the family
7	and model at http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags .
8	If it indicates 64-bit profile and Cflags for it, then it is a 64-bit
9	capable processor. :-)
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