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Date:      Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:30:37 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to tell whether CPU supports x64?
Message-ID:  <20110318003037.GB16316@guilt.hydra>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=47x6X858YYnM=Lr%2BWPNDA%2BkBZM64YnY4H4079@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 06:27:13PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
>=20
> yes that is correct, LM stands for Long Mode which indicates amd64 suppor=
t.
> If your CPU doesn't list it, it's either a 32 bit only CPU, or it's a bug.

=2E . . or maybe it is a 64 bit CPU that is not x86_64/amd64 compatible.
Do IA-64 (Itanium), IBM POWER, and SPARC 64 bit processors use the same
Long Mode functionality?

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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