From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 6 06:20:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9DAA16A41F; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:20:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B1D43D46; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:20:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DF7F62C8D2; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 53955-02; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C3062C8D1; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:06 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 20A453CA1E; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:06 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4493C97E; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:06 -0400 (AST) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:20:06 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Parv In-Reply-To: <20051205091409.GB65131@holestein.holy.cow> Message-ID: <20051206021943.O1077@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20051204184826.D1077@ganymede.hub.org> <20051205030253.GC62285@dragon.NUXI.org> <7ab0fd580512042313k15a93166i@mail.gmail.com> <20051205091409.GB65131@holestein.holy.cow> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Cc: "Guillaume R." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, obrien@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A stupid 64bit question ... but ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:20:08 -0000 On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Parv wrote: > in message <7ab0fd580512042313k15a93166i@mail.gmail.com>, > wrote Guillaume R. thusly... >> >> 2005/12/5, David O'Brien : >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:50:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>>> >>>> I didn't realize that the newer Xeon's were 64bit ... now, >>>> I've just built perl 5.8.7, and its reporting: >>>> >>>> # perl -v >>>> This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int > ... >>> 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). >> >> 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" > > By chance any of you built the Perl w/ USE_64_BIT_INT option? See > "perl -V". Actually, from what I can tell, that is the default, whereas you can disable it if you wish ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664