David Fox wrote:
On 10/27/07, Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com> wrote:First off, can I use the amd64 kernel with a Sempron processor? I am not sure if it has support for 64 bit programs. If not, of the otherIf you can do a 'cat /proc/cpuinfo" you should see a "lm" entry on the Flags line. If that is there, then the processor will be able to do amd-64. If not, it won't. If it can't do the 64-bit, then the best option is a k7 kernel for your processor.
Nope. Here is the output of 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 28 model name : AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 1599.659 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 : yesflags : 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 fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow
up ts ttp bogomips : 3200.84 clflush size : 64 And, here is the output of cpuid eax in eax ebx ecx edx 00000000 00000001 68747541 444d4163 69746e65 00000001 00010fc0 00000800 00000000 078bfbff 80000000 80000018 68747541 444d4163 69746e65 80000001 00010fc0 00000884 00000000 e3d3fbff 80000002 20444d41 706d6553 286e6f72 20296d74 80000003 636f7250 6f737365 38322072 002b3030 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000005 ff08ff08 ff20ff20 40020140 40020140 80000006 00000000 42004200 01008140 00000000 80000007 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000009 80000008 00003028 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000009 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000a 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000b 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000c 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000d 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000e 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 8000000f 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000011 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000012 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000014 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000015 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000016 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000017 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 80000018 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Vendor ID: "AuthenticAMD"; CPUID level 1 AMD-specific functions Version 00010fc0: Family: 15 Model: 12 [] Standard feature flags 078bfbff: Floating Point Unit Virtual Mode Extensions Debugging Extensions Page Size Extensions Time Stamp Counter (with RDTSC and CR4 disable bit) Model Specific Registers with RDMSR & WRMSR PAE - Page Address Extensions Machine Check Exception COMPXCHG8B Instruction APIC SYSCALL/SYSRET or SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers Global paging extension Machine Check Architecture Conditional Move Instruction PAT - Page Attribute Table PSE-36 - Page Size Extensions 19 - reserved MMX instructions FXSAVE/FXRSTOR 25 - reserved 26 - reserved Generation: 15 Model: 12 Extended feature flags e3d3fbff: Floating Point Unit Virtual Mode Extensions Debugging Extensions Page Size Extensions Time Stamp Counter (with RDTSC and CR4 disable bit) Model Specific Registers with RDMSR & WRMSR PAE - Page Address Extensions Machine Check Exception COMPXCHG8B Instruction APIC SYSCALL/SYSRET or SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions MTRR - Memory Type Range Registers Global paging extension Machine Check Architecture Conditional Move Instruction PAT - Page Attribute Table PSE-36 - Page Size Extensions 20 - reserved AMD MMX Instruction Extensions MMX instructions FXSAVE/FXRSTOR 25 - reserved 29 - reserved 3DNow! Instruction Extensions 3DNow instructions Processor name string: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ L1 Cache Information: 2/4-MB Pages: Data TLB: associativity 255-way #entries 8 Instruction TLB: associativity 255-way #entries 8 4-KB Pages: Data TLB: associativity 255-way #entries 32 Instruction TLB: associativity 255-way #entries 32 L1 Data cache: size 64 KB associativity 2-way lines per tag 1 line size 64 L1 Instruction cache: size 64 KB associativity 2-way lines per tag 1 line size 64 L2 Cache Information: 2/4-MB Pages: Data TLB: associativity L2 off #entries 0 Instruction TLB: associativity L2 off #entries 0 4-KB Pages: Data TLB: associativity 2-way #entries 0 Instruction TLB: associativity 2-way #entries 0 size 1 KB associativity L2 off lines per tag 129 line size 64 Advanced Power Management Feature Flags Has temperature sensing diode Maximum linear address: 48; maximum phys address 40