Subject: Re: fresh install hangs
To: Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org>
From: Dave Feustel <dfeustel@mindspring.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 01/18/2006 08:36:46
Thanks Frank!

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 03:24, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 04:32:34PM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > How do you know that it's not a 64-bit cpu?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> It doesn't show the "long" mode cpuid bit, nothing in that dmesg indicates
> it is in fact using "long mode".
> 
> I guess it's possible that the OpenBSD kernel does not report any of this,
> and also does not use APIC mode by default, but the dmesg does not
> make it appear like an amd64 chip.
> 
> - Frank
> 

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