From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 15 13:23:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36F61106566C for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2488FC15 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:58343 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1MyQI7-00043y-4D for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:22:53 +0200 Received: (qmail 62494 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2009 15:22:47 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 15 Oct 2009 15:22:47 +0200 Received: (qmail 12182 invoked by uid 1001); 15 Oct 2009 15:22:47 +0200 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:22:47 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Len Conrad Message-ID: <20091015132247.GA12149@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200910151513.AA205456278@mail.Go2France.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1MyQI7-00043y-4D. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1MyQI7-00043y-4D 9a32327b7c9a10d4a791272688a03f36 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FWD: is this Intel CPU ok for 7.2 AMD64? 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: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:23:01 -0000 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 03:13:49PM +0200, Len Conrad wrote: > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Len Conrad" > Reply-To: > 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 > Features2=0x659d> > AMD Features=0x20100000 > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > real memory = 3220963328 (3071 MB) > avail memory = 3150913536 (3004 MB) > ACPI APIC Table: > 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 irqs 0-23 on motherboard > ioapic1 irqs 32-55 on motherboard > ioapic2 irqs 64-87 on motherboard > > thanks, > Len > > ============== > > So, is there a definite, unique answer? > > Does it matter whether I run IA64 or AMD64 in the above Dell 1850? It matters very much. AMD64 should work fine. IA64 will will not work at all. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se