Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

Adam Williamson awilliam at redhat.com
Thu Nov 19 22:20:06 UTC 2009


On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 16:14 -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> said:
> > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 15:54 -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> > > I have a Thinkpad from early 2006 that is 32 bit only for example.  It
> > > works perfectly fine, so I am in no hurry to replace it just because it
> > > is only 32 bit.
> > 
> > see my 'oops' follow-up - I forgot to consider the first rev of the Core
> > architecture, which was 32-bit only and current until Jan 2007. The
> > follow-up 'Core 2' architecture was x86-64 capable. You probably have a
> > Core Duo or Core Solo CPU in that thing.
> 
> I just checked, and it is actually a Pentium M (Dothan core).

damn, my psychic powers stink lately.

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