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Re: [opensuse-factory] kernel pae on 64bit?
- From: Bernhard Walle <bwalle@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:54:15 +0200
- Message-id: <20080629125415.5a482fc3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2008-06-29 22:47]:
Don't know exactly. According to Wikipedia [1], it's Intel Pentium Pro,
and AMD Athlon.
On i386, it checks /proc/cpuinfo for the "pae" flag.
No.
Bernhard
[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
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On Fri 20 Jun 2008 19:35:16 NZST +1200, Bernhard Walle wrote:
This is correct. As soon as "PAE" ability is present, the PAE kernel will
be installed.
And x86-64 CPUs always have PAE.
With which CPU generation did this feature first appear?
Don't know exactly. According to Wikipedia [1], it's Intel Pentium Pro,
and AMD Athlon.
11.0 just decided to install itself 2.6.25.5-1.1-pae #1 SMP on a P-III...
On i386, it checks /proc/cpuinfo for the "pae" flag.
Which suggests that pae is available on every CPU today
No.
Bernhard
[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
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