kernel mess
I upgraded my cpu couple weeks ago, from a sempron2600+ to a 3400+
(754). The thing is, 3400+ has the x86_64 instruction set. My current
stock kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 sees the sse3 instruction set (listed as 'pni'
below), but does not report x86_64 (i'm not sure if it doesn't see the
x86_64 or if it simply doesn't report it. Suggestions on how to figure
this out are welcome). I then installed two more kernels to play with:
the 2.6.8-12-amd64-generic and the 2.6.8-12-amd64-k8. Both boot and run
ok, but I failed to install nVidia drivers for these two, following
every suggestion on Andrew's guide
(http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html). Also
the kernel module for qemu would need to be reinstalled. So here's my
question: will the trouble of getting nvidia binary driver and kqemu to
work on some of these kernels pay off? I am better off sticking to my
2.6.8-2-k7?
thanks!
frank:/home/bruno# 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 : 2043.279
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
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