Re: Geeky Linux Question... a little left of topic
- From: Egor Starostin <egorst@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: awellsdba@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:42:19 +0600
> We are running a bunch of Linux servers... 64 Bit, have a few that are
> 32 bit... Red Hat 3
>
> If you look at cpuinfo... there is a flag... "lm"
>
> Red Hat site is less than helpful from what I have found.
> Google is also less than helpful... there are LMs in docs that have
> cupinfo... but not what the flag signifies or means.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
Here's the extract from one of kernel headers:
/* AMD-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80000001, word 1 */
#define X86_FEATURE_LM (1*32+29) /* Long Mode (x86-64) */
Try to search google for 'Long Mode (x86-64)' and you will find info
about this feature.
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