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 1EJt3Z-0007WU-30 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:30:09 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8QDLwdh009538; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:21:58 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8QDLvE0003253 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:21:57 GMT Received: from europa.jupiter.i (pcp09944044pcs.hyatsv01.md.comcast.net[69.140.17.64]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <200509261328470150047i5re>; Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:28:48 +0000 Received: (qmail 28227 invoked from network); 26 Sep 2005 13:28:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.54.2?) (192.168.54.2) by europa.jupiter.i with SMTP; 26 Sep 2005 13:28:47 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options From: Alvin Thompson To: Volker Armin Hemmann Cc: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200509250020.56871.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> References: <1127513537.21021.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509250020.56871.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:28:49 -0400 Message-Id: <1127741329.7311.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 07805d16-ce02-452d-8338-9cb6a18571af X-Archives-Hash: 616ca65c507226726176ed1f2465d124 On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 00:20 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > 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 you're saying that semprons are amd64 chips that didn't pass inspection? i know many chips that don't pass such inspections work perfectly fine. does that mean i can just try installing as an amd64 (with the 64-bit version of linux) and it might work? thanks, alvin -- Alvin Thompson Navy: 42 Army: 13 -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list