Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:16:00 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: Nate Eldredge <neldredge@math.ucsd.edu> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpu does not support long mode Message-ID: <692568B0-E684-4136-9DF0-62ED40675365@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0906171147280.1483@zeno.ucsd.edu> References: <500D653E-E4EE-4E49-94C3-E12754919DA4@netconsonance.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0906171003470.1483@zeno.ucsd.edu> <B93B974A-FF10-4115-87E7-C6B5573A6BE5@netconsonance.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0906171147280.1483@zeno.ucsd.edu>
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On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Nate Eldredge wrote: > So it appears that you really do have a 32-bit machine on your > hands. Sorry :( No worries. I have a bunch of Opteron machines too ;-) But these were sitting around bored and thus handy. > This was some interesting research, by the way: I learned something > about CPU history, and the horrific mess that is Intel's part > numbering system. omg yes. I spent probably 2 hours doing the exact same trace you did. I pulled the chips and used those numbers to get info pages from Intel which contained... nothing. It was amazingly bad. I did learn a lot though :-( -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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