Re: Shouldn't this work?
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 05:31:19PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > 'If' I had read the anywhere I would not have goofed! I was sure that > I read somewhere that 'All Athlon's were 64 bit. I should have asked > here first. > > Thanks guys! Now I have an excuse to get a new system! This box is > getting a bit weary anyway. AMD likes their Athlon brand, just as intel likes (well used to) their Pentium brand. I don't think the Athlon 64/Opteron has much more to do with an Athlon than a Pentium 4 has to do with a Pentium 2. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shouldn't this work?
On Mon, 07 May 2007 22:40:10 +0200, Wayne Topa wrote: > I 'thought' I read that the Athlon > was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? The Athlon64 is a 64bit processor. The original Athlon isn't :) -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shouldn't this work?
Lennart Sorensen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > > > I just purchased a set of DVD's to install Debian Etch (4.0) on my > > system. I also got a Ubuntu Ver 6.06 AMD 64 DVD to see how a amd64 > > compared to the K7 I'm currently running. <> > > > > Did I misunderstand somthing? I 'thought' I read that the Athlon > > was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? > > Athlon 64 chips are 64bit. Athlon's were not (That is Athlon, Athlon > XP, and such). Some Semprons are 64bit, some are not, depending on the > model. Opterons are all 64bit. > > Certainly an old 1GHz chip isn't 64bit. An Athlon IS a K7. An Athlon > 64 is a K8. 'If' I had read the anywhere I would not have goofed! I was sure that I read somewhere that 'All Athlon's were 64 bit. I should have asked here first. Thanks guys! Now I have an excuse to get a new system! This box is getting a bit weary anyway. Regards Wayne -- Documentation is the castor oil of programming. Managers know it must be good because the programmers hate it so much. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shouldn't this work?
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > I just purchased a set of DVD's to install Debian Etch (4.0) on my > system. I also got a Ubuntu Ver 6.06 AMD 64 DVD to see how a amd64 > compared to the K7 I'm currently running. > > On bootup the Ubuntu DVD say that I am not running on a amd64 box. > Here is what /proc/cpuingo says: > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 6 > model : 4 > model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor > stepping: 2 > cpu MHz : 1000.123 > cache size : 256 KB > fdiv_bug: no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug: no > coma_bug: no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up > bogomips: 2002.13 > > Did I misunderstand somthing? I 'thought' I read that the Athlon > was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? Athlon 64 chips are 64bit. Athlon's were not (That is Athlon, Athlon XP, and such). Some Semprons are 64bit, some are not, depending on the model. Opterons are all 64bit. Certainly an old 1GHz chip isn't 64bit. An Athlon IS a K7. An Athlon 64 is a K8. Here is an Athlon 64 3500+ (64bit): # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 15 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ stepping: 0 cpu MHz : 2202.920 cache size : 512 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow up bogomips: 4410.82 TLB size: 1024 4K pages clflush size: 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp This particular model is 2.2GHz. It is running amd64. For comparison here is an Athlon XP 2800+ (32bit only). # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 10 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ stepping: 0 cpu MHz : 2088.163 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts bogomips: 4179.29 This one is about 2.085Ghz, but is a whole lot slower than the Athlon 64. It is running i386. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shouldn't this work?
On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 04:35:02PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: > > Did I misunderstand somthing? I 'thought' I read that the Athlon > was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? > The Athlon64 is a 64-bit processor, as is the Opteron. The regular Athlon is definitely a 32-bit processor. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Shouldn't this work?
I just purchased a set of DVD's to install Debian Etch (4.0) on my system. I also got a Ubuntu Ver 6.06 AMD 64 DVD to see how a amd64 compared to the K7 I'm currently running. On bootup the Ubuntu DVD say that I am not running on a amd64 box. Here is what /proc/cpuingo says: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor stepping: 2 cpu MHz : 1000.123 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up bogomips: 2002.13 Did I misunderstand somthing? I 'thought' I read that the Athlon was a 64 bit processor. Am I wrong, again? Thanks Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
