Re: DEBIAN documentation: which 64 bit processors run current release?

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Richard Owlett wrote: 
> I'm looking for for where *Debian* documents which processors support
> current Debian release.
> 
> I have three machines whose processors are 64 bit capable.
> Processors identified by running lscpu:
> 
> Machine 1:
> Architecture:	i686
> Model name:	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 540  @ 2.53GHz
> 
> Machine 2:
> Architecture:	x86_64
> Model name:	Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7300  @ 2.00GHz
> 
> Machine 3:
> Architecture:	i686
> Model name:	Pentium(R) Dual-Core  CPU      E5300  @ 2.60GHz
> 
> Will the OS linked to by https://www.debian.org/ run on all three?
> [For historical reasons I currently run 32 bit on all.]

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch02s01.en.html

and

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.en.html

will tell you that the difference is whether the CPU has the
amd64 (also called x86_64) instruction set.

So machine 2 with the t7300 will definitely run the amd64 release.

Next you need to look at the manufacturer's documentation. In
this case, Intel:

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/35300/intel-pentium-processor-e5300-2m-cache-2-60-ghz-800-mhz-fsb.html
says that the e5300 has the 64 bit instruction set, so it will
also run the amd64 release.

and

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/30774/intel-celeron-processor-540-1m-cache-1-86-ghz-533-mhz-fsb.html
says that the M540 also has that, so will also run amd64.

All of these CPUs should run Debian amd64.

-dsr-