Hi Hatano, HATANO Hiromichi wrote: > Hi, > > ATOM　E6xx series does not have Intel64 capability. > However, according to CPU feature flag, it seems to be able to use Intel64. > > # cpuctl identify 0 > cpu0: Intel Pentium Pro, II or III (686-class), 1600.11 MHz, id 0x20661 > cpu0: features 0xbfe9fbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR> > cpu0: features 0xbfe9fbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX> > cpu0: features 0xbfe9fbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF> > cpu0: features2 > 0x40e3bd<SSE3,DTES64,MONITOR,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM> > cpu0: features3 0x20100000<XD,EM64T> > cpu0: "Genuine Intel(R) CPU @ 1.60GHz" > cpu0: I-cache 32KB 64B/line 8-way > cpu0: Initial APIC ID 0 > cpu0: Cluster/Package ID 0 > cpu0: SMT ID 0 > cpu0: family 06 model 06 extfamily 00 extmodel 02 > > NetBSD/amd64(64bitOS) booted on my net6501-70. > > Did Intel change specification? > May you think that the 64-bit mode operates even if BIOS will be updated from > now on?
The comBIOS don't specific enable and disable 64 bit mode, but I'll check with Intel to see what the deal is.... Did wonder why the E6xx was 32 bit only, as they most likely use the same Atom core as the other newer Atom parts which are all 64 bit capable. Best Regards, Soren Kristensen CEO & Chief Engineer Soekris Engineering, Inc. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
