Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 05:31:40 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A stupid 64bit question ... but ... Message-ID: <20051205113140.GA90806@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20051205030253.GC62285@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20051204184826.D1077@ganymede.hub.org> <20051205030253.GC62285@dragon.NUXI.org>
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 07:02:53PM -0800 I heard the voice of
David O'Brien, and lo! it spake thus:
>
> Perl won't be reporting a 64-bit capable machine, when running a
> 32-bit OS. Look in /var/run/dmesg for 'AMD Features' to report 'LM'
> (long mode).
It's not, it's just reporting 64-bit ints.
[5:30:51] mortis:/tmp
(ttyp2):{1358}% dmesg | grep ^CPU
CPU: Pentium Pro (198.67-MHz 686-class CPU)
[5:30:55] mortis:/tmp
(ttyp2):{1359}% perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)
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