Not absolutely sure, but I think the flag "lm" in /proc/cpuinfo may
indicate that you've got a 64-bit capable processor.
/usr/include/asm-i386/cpufeature.h has a line that says

#define X86_FEATURE_LM          (1*32+29) /* Long Mode (x86-64) */

Looking on google it seems that Long Mode is indeed 64-bit mode.
(Differing from Real Mode 16-bit and Protected Mode 32-bit)

On 5/24/07, Kenneth Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is there a list, or a database (similar to pcidatabase.com), that lists
the processors based upon the "cpu family", "model", and "stepping"
found in /proc/cpuinfo?

For example:
cpu family 15
model 6
stepping 5

The wiki[1,2] has a good list of processors from AMD/Intel but the
listings are all based on a "market name" and "stepping", but their
stepping is a "letter - number" where /proc/cpuinfo only shows a "number".

The main thing I am trying to determine is if the CPU is a 64bit
processor, and the only true way would be to look up the processor,
correct?  (uname only indicates what kernel is installed, not what is
possible)

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Kenneth


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_microprocessors

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