Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> Is the BIOS even able to hide the lm bit? Or are operating systems
> supposed to ignore it and use information from the BIOS (DMI?) instead?
For a decade, Intel and AMD have provided patches that work around
processor bugs and are implemented in microcode that is upload
On 14 May 2013, Kyle Brantley uttered the following:
> On 5/13/2013 1:14 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote:
>> I don't understand. How can a 32-Bit CPU work in 64-Bit Mode? I can't
>> image, that the BIOS makes the difference. Linux shows the flags lm,
>> which indicated, that it supports "AMD64/EM64T"?
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On 2013-05-13 18:35:53 -0600, Kyle Brantley wrote:
> The CPU was produced as a 64-bit chip, but for reasons X or Y or Z,
> the manufacturer is only going to support 32-bit. Maybe there are
> bugs with respect to 64-bit, maybe it's a marketing thing. In the
> end, they market the chips as 32-bit, ni
On Mon May 13, 2013 06:35:53 PM Kyle Brantley wrote:
> On 5/13/2013 1:14 PM, Conrad Kostecki wrote:
> > Am 13.05.2013 15:46, schrieb Stuart Henderson:
> >> On 2013-05-10, Conrad Kostecki wrote:
> >>> Am 10.05.2013 16:14, schrieb fabrice bessettes:
> Hi list,
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