On Sun 08 May 2016 at 19:00:29 (-0300), Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Sun, 08 May 2016, Teemu Likonen wrote:
> > Lisi Reisz [2016-05-08 13:25:46+01] wrote:
> > > Or perhaps check the model - it is an old Dell, but the crucial
> > > question is what chip that model had, so which exact model.
> >
> > For 64 bit CPUs "lscpu" command prints:
> >
> > CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
>
> The output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo", as well as that of "dmidecode" is usually
> a lot more useful for diagnostics. The dmidecode output might have serial
> numbers and UUIDs, which you should not post to the list, so feel free to
> XXXXX them out beforehand.
This is all rather ambiguous.
If dmidecode says:
Handle 0x0400, DMI type 4, 40 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: Microprocessor
Type: Central Processor
Family: Pentium M
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: [...]
Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 15, Stepping 2
Flags:
FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip)
[...]
Part Number: Not Specified
Core Count: 2
Core Enabled: 2
Thread Count: 2
Characteristics:
64-bit capable
and the machine is only running a 32-bit Debian system and kernel,
would cpuinfo still say "CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit"?
Or does cpuinfo only mention "CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit"
when the OS actually running has those two modes available to it now?
Cheers,
David.
