Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:05:36 +0100 From: Mathieu Prevot <freebsd-amd64@club-internet.fr> To: Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: version 6.0 and AMD64 Message-ID: <50F4B7E9-BA1B-4F61-97B5-E81449F33B6B@club-internet.fr> In-Reply-To: <200512271020.58471.groot@kde.org> References: <562e6673484764a98de5ffb5241d1b76@prodigy.net> <200512271020.58471.groot@kde.org>
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Le 27 d=E9c. 05 =E0 10:20, Adriaan de Groot a =E9crit : > On Monday 26 December 2005 21:35, je killen wrote: >> I purchased Version 6.0 from FreeBSD Mall and am now concerned =20 >> that the >> packaged system will work on AMD64 which I have, The processor I have >> and want to use is socket 754, if it makes a difference. > > Socket 754 is an amd64 socket, so that'll be fine (unless there are =20= > socket 754 > Semprons without 64-bit? The AMD website doesn't say in so many =20 > words "this > is not a 64-bit processor", but neither does it tout 64-bitness. In =20= > that > case, it's not the socket type that's most interesting, but the CPU =20= > family > (Athlon64 vs. Sempron) that is.). Until summer 2005 semprons were 32bit only. I have 2 sempron 64bit =20 working with freebsd 6 amd64. On 754 there is no dual channel, cache L2 is lower (256 on most =20 recent semprons, 128 on olders vs 512 and 1024 on 939 amd64) etc... cheers Mathieu=
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