* Volker Kuhlmann <list0570@paradise.net.nz> [2008-06-29 23:25]:
On Sun 29 Jun 2008 22:54:15 NZST +1200, Bernhard Walle wrote:
Don't know exactly. According to Wikipedia [1], it's Intel Pentium Pro, and AMD Athlon.
Which suggests that pae is available on every CPU today
No.
openSUSE doesn't even run an anything less than i686
Not every CPU that is i686 has PAE. And there *are* CPUs that are not from AMD and not from Intel which are sold today and which are capable of running openSUSE but have no PAE! bwalle@newton ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 9 model name : VIA Nehemiah stepping : 8 cpu MHz : 666.574 cache size : 64 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 sep mtrr pge cmov pat mmx fxsr sse up rng rng_en ace ace_en bogomips : 1335.19 clflush size : 32 This system has 512 MiB memory. And it can run openSUSE although I personally prefer something more lightweight on that box. Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org