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 1EJK2g-0000YD-Sz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:06:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8ONwmOi019333; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:58:48 GMT Received: from mxsf17.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf17.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.217]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8ONwjms007166 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:58:45 GMT Received: from mxip01a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip01a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.131]) by mxsf17.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j8P05IUZ027561 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:05:19 -0400 Received: from 68-185-168-2.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com (HELO shooter.local) ([68.185.168.2]) by mxip01a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 24 Sep 2005 20:05:18 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,143,1125892800"; d="scan'208"; a="1302084700:sNHT31919994" From: William Tetrault To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 19:05:12 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <1127513537.21021.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509250020.56871.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <200509250020.56871.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> 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; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200509241905.12980.xcourse97@charter.net> X-Archives-Salt: 676182f8-b8e0-4331-a473-a8b7bfe64122 X-Archives-Hash: 89f7a070c88ddff421fadaf8fd8d22b1 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 -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list