Bret Busby wrote: > > The problem is in knowing whether a particular CPU is compatible with > the 64 bit version of the operating system, or whether it requires the > 32 bit version. > > For example, the Pentium 4, from memory, is a 64 bit CPU, but is > incompatible with the 64 bit version of Debian Linux, and requires to > run the 32 bit version; the i386 version, that is incompatible with i386's. >
The Pentium 4 was a 32-bit processor. *Some* were made with a 64-bit core, but they're rare, and will run amd64 just fine. > I can ask a question - does the I3, I5 and I7 range of CPU's require to All Intel I-series are 64-bit. At this point, only some of the lower end netbook processors are still 32-bit. That is changing, though. > run the 32 bit version of Debian Linux, or, can they run the 64 bit > version, and, the question might (or, might not) get answered on the > list, and then, a couple of weeks, or, a few weeks, later, along comes > someone else, who asks the same question, and, so-on, ad nauseum, with > the question getting repeatedly asked, because the information is not > included in the documentation. > > Inclusion of such information in the documentation, means that people > who want to know the information, do not need to ask it on mailing > lists, and, therefore, can reduce the derision on the mailing list. > > If my memory is correct, for a computer to include 8GB of RAM, that is > addressable by the CPU, the CPU would necessarily be a 64 bit CPU, to be > able to address that much RAM. > > But, apparently, not all 64 bit CPU's are compatible with the 64 bit > version of Debian Linux, as (from what I understand) the 64 bit version > of Debian Linux is only compatible with a small subset of the 64 bit CPU's. > AMD64 is AMD64. The only thing it would be incompatible with are Itanium, Sparc, or other completely different architectures. > If it is too much trouble to include in the Realease Notes, a list of > CPU's and whether they are compatible with each of the 32 bit and 64 bit > versions of Debian Linux, then, could it not be done to include a list > of CPU's, for which, the 64 bit version of Debian Linux is compatible, > and thence to state that all CPU's not included in that list, should be > taken to be incompatible with 64 bit Debian Linux? > Part of the issue is that the processor "name" doesn't tell whether or not it is 32/64 bit. Intel is particularly bad at this. > That, at least, would be of some help for people who want to install the > correct operating system, and, not simply regard the operating system as > one that does not work, because they belive that it should work with > their computer, and it does not? > > -- > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > .............. > > "So once you do know what the question actually is, > you'll know what the answer means." > - Deep Thought, > Chapter 28 of Book 1 of > "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: > A Trilogy In Four Parts", > written by Douglas Adams, > published by Pan Books, 1992 > > .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d52d61e.2080...@paulscrap.com
