On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:10:40AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:13:50AM +0100, Guillaume R. wrote: > > 2005/12/5, David O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:50:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > > > > > I recently bought a new Intel Xeon server, and when I put it together, I > > > > didn't realize that the newer Xeon's were 64bit ... now, I've just built > > > > perl 5.8.7, and its reporting: > > > > > > > > ================= > > > > # perl -v > > > > This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int > > > .. > > > > I realize that this may be a stupid question, but am I correct in that > > > > *this* is a 64bit machine, and I should be enabling the AMD64 stuff on > > > > her? > > > > > > Perl won't be reporting a 64-bit capable machine, when running a 32-bit > > > OS. Look in /var/run/dmesg for 'AMD Features' to report 'LM' (long > > > mode). > > > > Lo > > So why there is a 64int? We can suppose that perl has seen that Marc's proc > > is a 64 one no? > > I asked that cause I got a 64bits (amd) which run on a 32 bits mode and I > > got oftenly such "i386-freebsd-64amd" > > ++ > > I'm not a perl expert - but maybe ints in perl actually are 64-bit. Just > because an x86 has only 32-bit wide regs, doesn't mean it cannot do > 64-bit math. :-)
The '64int' may stand for 'intel', just as the '64amd' stands for amd :-) Kris
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