Re: [Sidux] AMD Sempron 64 bit kernel (Gateway laptop)?
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
> On 2008-07-06 23:13 +0200, s. keeling wrote:
>
> > Hi. I'm somewhat confused and in uncharted territory. I just bought
> > this laptop second hand.
> >
> > Which kernel is this CPU supposed to be using? I've been testing with
> > Sidux for the moment (2008-06 (?) 2.6.25-10). It refused to boot on
> > their AMD images ("... detected i1586[sic] CPU.").
> >
> > This thing ought to be running an amd64 kernel, shouldn't it?
>
> Not necessarily, AFAIK. Some of these Mobile Semprons don't support
> 64bit.
>
> > "Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3300+" in /proc/cpuinfo, 800 Mhz.
> > Gateway laptop.
>
> Look under flags: it is a 64bit processor if and only if "lm" is present
> there.
"lahf_lm"?!?
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