Re: [solved] How to tell whether CPU supports x64?

2011-03-18 Thread Tait
The original system... I said (on 2011/03/17): CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2387.76-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf29 Stepping = 9

How to tell whether CPU supports x64?

2011-03-17 Thread Tait
I have a remote server, and I'd like to know if it will support 64-bit instructions. Is there some way I can tell? It's running 32-bit FreeBSD right now. From dmesg.boot: Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz (2387.76-MHz 686-class

Re: Foiling MITM attacks on source and ports trees

2009-01-06 Thread Tait
Unless designed carefully, there will be substantial logistical problems to maintaining such lists of signatures. ... You can then verify the correctness of what's on your disk ... The idea is that one needs to get this public key only once ... IMHO, this could or should take place at

Re: FreeBSD update warns about 7.0 end of life

2008-12-24 Thread Tait
come Feb? Assuming 7.1R makes it out the door soon, will I really only have seven or so weeks to upgrade? The Security Team is apparently supporting 6.4R well into 2010; should I downgrade to keep receiving security updates? Thanks, Tait ___ freebsd

Re: Max. number of opened files, efficiency

2008-08-17 Thread Tait
at once, which is much more reasonable. If the size of your temporary files is small, you might look at using in-memory variables instead of files. Tait ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd