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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From:  "Len Conrad" <lconrad@Go2France.com>
Reply-To:  <lconrad@Go2France.com>
Date:  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:48:26 +0200

the FreeBSD 6.2 i386 dmesg.boot shows:

CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz (3591.25-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf41  Stepping = 1
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x659d<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,EST,TM2,CNTX-ID,CX16,<b14>>
  AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM>
  Logical CPUs per core: 2
real memory  = 3220963328 (3071 MB)
avail memory = 3150913536 (3004 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL   PE BKC  >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  6
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  7
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 9
ioapic1: WARNING: intbase 32 != expected base 24
ioapic2: Changing APIC ID to 10
ioapic2: WARNING: intbase 64 != expected base 56
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 32-55 on motherboard
ioapic2 <Version 2.0> irqs 64-87 on motherboard

thanks,
Len

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So, is there a definite, unique answer? 

Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850?

Len