Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:35:18 +0300 From: "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" <almarrie@gmail.com> To: "Ollivier Robert" <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> Cc: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com>, FreeBSD Current Users' list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is this reasonable ? Message-ID: <499c70c0706260235j5a10e5ddi409cdba4cdbccda4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070626091209.GA9260@keltia.freenix.fr> References: <20070626081951.GB85270@keltia.freenix.fr> <1182847326.1511.3.camel@localhost> <20070626091209.GA9260@keltia.freenix.fr>
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On 6/26/07, Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> wrote: > According to Tom Evans: > > iirc the Intel D820 isn't 64bit capable, so it would be unreasonable to > > run 7.0/amd64 on it ;) > > Here is what is displayed at boot-time. What should indicate it does > support EM64T (or not)? > > CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz (2793.09-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf47 Stepping = 7 It has Smithfield core which has features Intel's recent power management technologies that were included in their recent 600-series single core line up, but interestingly, the Pentium D 820 doesn't have any of these power management features. That means that there is no Enhanced Speedstep, and no TM2 or C1E for power saving because all recent Pentium 4 and Pentium D processors throttle back to 2.8GHz - the default operating speed for the Pentium D 820. There is, however, the inclusion of Intel's EM64T 64-bit extensions and the Execute Disable Bit. -- Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/
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