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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:35:25
Message-Id: 20120914233304.GO4714@crowfix.com
1 I have a shiny new System76 laptop with a "3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor (2.60GHz 6MB L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading)".
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3 It comes with Ubuntu, so naturally my first move was to split the Ubuntu partition in half and install gentoo. I will say no more about my first experiences with Unity.
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5 The Ubunto uname -a says "3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux".
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7 I installed the latest stage3 tarball and set up make.conf as
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9 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86
10 CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
11 CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
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13 When I try to compile gentoo-sources-3.5.3, it tells me
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15 scripts/mod/empty.c:1:0: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction set
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17 My home system is dual Athlon, ancient, and ~amd64.. I haven't kept track of all the Intel processors, but the kernel config doesn't have many choices.
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21 Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@×××××××.com
22 GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933
23 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o

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Re: [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type? Kerin Millar <kerframil@×××××××××××.uk>