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 1EJUYm-0004vk-7x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:20:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8PBAvTN000253; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:10:57 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.12]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8PBAv8m014003 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:10:57 GMT Received: from amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id ED1CB2A8C1F for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:17:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tu-clausthal.de (hathor.rz.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.2.1]) by amun.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A43E2A8A92 for ; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:17:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from energy.heim10.tu-clausthal.de ([139.174.241.94] verified) by tu-clausthal.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTP id 7952932 for gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:17:36 +0200 From: Volker Armin Hemmann To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] sempron make options Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:17:35 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <1127513537.21021.41.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509250311.31511.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <001201c5c181$42b7f060$0200a8c0@donahues.us> In-Reply-To: <001201c5c181$42b7f060$0200a8c0@donahues.us> 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: <200509251317.35698.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> X-Virus-Scanned: by PureMessage V4.7 at tu-clausthal.de X-Archives-Salt: dd0ddda5-93ca-46ef-834b-4b7ebc49261a X-Archives-Hash: 6515105dc7fef021209c0dda1ec40e58 On Sunday 25 September 2005 05:28, Drake Donahue wrote: > ----- 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. emmm.... the socket does not say anything about the bits. Ok, there are 64bit semprons, and they have 754 pins - but there are also semprons with only 32 bit and 754 pins. (and of course the socket a semprons, which are just repacked athlon-xps ;) ) -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list