On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 10:27, ne... wrote: > On Jul 6, 2004 at 17:09, Alexander Dalloz in a soothing rage wrote: > > >Am Di, den 06.07.2004 schrieb ne... um 16:22: > > > >> >CPU: Intel Xeon 3.02 G 64 bits > >> >MOTHERBOARD: Supermicro X5SS8-GM > >> >They said something like that: > >> >cpu don't have large mode. Install 32 bit system. > > > >I thought that first too, but researched through google and found that > >Intel offers since end of June a 64 bit Xeon processor. > > > >Just due to lack of knowledge about that new CPU I can not recommend > >anything. Maybe the chipset is not proper detected because being too > >new? > Seems I stand corrected. I did some Googlle research myself and saw > http://www.pcpro.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=59918. > I quote: > > 'With its newly announced 'Nocona' Xeon processors - which clock > speeds ranging from 2.8 to 3.6GHz - Intel brings 64-bit memory > addressing to its 32-bit server processor. The aim is to provide > greater support for the high-level number crunching tasks of the > workstation market.' > > So I guess the question becomes do FC kernels have support for > this chip yet? > > N.Emile... This is 64bit memory addressing on a 32bit processor. This is PLAINLY stated above. It is not likely the 64bit kernel will work. I also would guess the chipsets to support that are very new.
