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Re: Does my processor support 64bit kernel?



On Tue, 11 Feb 2014, Rhialto wrote:

> On Tue 11 Feb 2014 at 12:18:37 -0600, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > Try "cpuctl identify 0" and look for "LONG" cpu feature.  With yours
> > you will probably also see "EM64T".
> 
> That can't be right. On my cpu (on which I have installed the 64-bit
> version) I don't have LONG. But I do have EM64T. (It is some Intel cpu).
> Maybe this is different after NetBSD 6.1.1.

Sorry. Yes, the "LONG" is an AMD64 feature flag and "EM64T" is an Intel 
flag.

Another posting suggested "sysctl -a | grep 64" but I don't see what 
kernel state would help show that from looking at various NetBSD 32 bit 
and 64 bit systems.


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