[CentOS] Re: 64 Bit?

[Scott Silva]

drew einhorn spake the following on 5/21/2007 9:45 AM:
> Once again there's stuff I understand and more stuff I really don't
> understand.  I think the answer is: "This is not a 64-bit CPU, but I'm
> not 100% sure.
> 
> Interesting /proc/cpuinfo is slightly different on the hostOS for
> VMware ESX Server, an
> odd proprietary cousin of Red Hat, and a CentOS5 x86 VM.
> 
> here's the info from the host OS cpu
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 4
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP CPU 3.16GHz
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 3169.453
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 5
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm lm
> bogomips        : 6330.77
> 
> Hmm.  There's two processors in there with sockets for more.  But I
> only see info for one
> CPU.
> 
> and heres the info from the Guest
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 4
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP CPU 3.16GHz
> stepping        : 8
> cpu MHz         : 3169.074
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 5
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
> cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss constant_tsc up
> pni ds_cpl
> bogomips        : 6441.62
That should be a 64 bit hyperthreaded processor

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