Issues upgrading cpu
I upgraded my cpu to a sempron with 64bit extension (Sempron 3400+ for
754, to be precise). After some googling and reading, I still can't
figure those out:
- Why do some instruction flags don't appear at /proc/cpuinfo? sse3 and
x86-64, specifically. Do they have different names? (output follows).
According to a tom's hw chart, there's no such thing as a sempron 3400
for 754 platform without sse3 and x86-64.
bruno@frank:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 44
model name : AMD Hammer Family processor - Model Unknown
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2043.189
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm
3dnowext 3dnow pni
bogomips : 4038.65
The machine now runs a 64bit sarge netinstaller (which it didn't
before), so I know the 64bit instructions are there. Is the complete
64bit reinstall worth the hassle?
thanks!
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