From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EJNFV-0007Pu-JQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:32:22 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8P3OO1k028312; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:24:24 GMT Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8P3ONKo019368 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:24:23 GMT Received: from IWILLXP333 (pcp09755436pcs.ladson01.sc.comcast.net[69.241.86.94]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <2005092503305801200qofmhe>; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:30:58 +0000 Message-ID: <001201c5c181$42b7f060$0200a8c0@donahues.us> From: "Drake Donahue" To: References: <1127513537.21021.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509250020.56871.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <200509241905.12980.xcourse97@charter.net> <200509250311.31511.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:28:55 -0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-6"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Archives-Salt: 1b9cd35f-2463-40f5-b31d-225007d135ba X-Archives-Hash: 5c22b3e6e546104a5b277cdfbcc3e53d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Volker Armin Hemmann" To: Cc: "William Tetrault" Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options > On Sunday 25 September 2005 02:05, William Tetrault wrote: >> On Saturday 24 September 2005 05:20 pm, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> > hi, >> > >> > the sempron is a 32bit (!!) CPU! >> > >> > Some semprons have deactivated 64 bit (they are defective in the 64bit >> > part or superflous ones, that were 'downgraded') but you can not be >> > sure, >> > that your sempron is one of them with 64bit. >> > >> > So use the athlon-xp flags with them. >> >> Hello yourself! >> >> Revision D Sempron cpus in several speed grades, and apparently all >> revision E Semprons have had their 64-bit capabilities switched on. >> Check >> theinquirer.net and amdzone.com for the speed grade details. I don't and >> won't have first-hand experience with this, but this info can be checked >> out easily. Keep that open mind handy, folks! >> >> Bill Tetrault >> Madison, WI > > I checked amd.com and in their docs are no signs, that the sempron has any > 64 > capabilities. > > But some of them are pretty old. > So you may be right or not, maybe I am right or wrong - someone should > ask > the AMD support directly. ;) > -- > gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list > > www.newegg.com and host of others are selling "Sempron 64" processors from 2500+ to 3400+. $59 to $135. Code name Palermo. chip easily recognizable by 754 pins vice 462. single channel memory controller. 256k cache. -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list