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Subject: Re: A stupid 64bit question ... but ...
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2005/12/5, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>:
>
> On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:50:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >
> > I recently bought a new Intel Xeon server, and when I put it together, =
I
> > didn't realize that the newer Xeon's were 64bit ... now, I've just buil=
t
> > perl 5.8.7, and its reporting:
> >
> > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > # perl -v
> > This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int
> ..
> > I realize that this  may be a stupid question, but am I correct in that
> > *this* is a 64bit machine, and I should be enabling the AMD64 stuff on
> > her?
>
> 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).

Lo
So why there is a 64int? We can suppose that perl has seen that Marc's proc
is a 64 one no?
I asked that cause I got a 64bits  (amd) which run on a 32 bits mode and I
got oftenly such "i386-freebsd-64amd"
++