[Ilugc] intel 64 bit processors in linux

  • From: toufeeqh@xxxxxxxxx (Toufeeq Hussain)
  • Date: Wed Aug 2 13:31:38 2006

Hi,

On 8/2/06, Raja Subramanian <rajasuperman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 8/2/06, "Toufeeq Hussain" <toufeeqh@xxxxxxxxx [5]>
Are you talking about Itanium or Core Duo. Core Duo/Core 2 Duo is not 
64-bit.

All Core 2 processors are x86-64 capable (or EM64T in Intel parlance).
The debian amd64 port should work without any major issues.

Yes. Core 2 Duo is a EM64T CPU. Core Duo however is not. I stand corrected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_2_Duo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EM64T

-Toufeeq
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