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i3, i5, i7
submitted by Ark74, 06:17, 27 July 2011
Thema: other
Stand: closed
Priorität: low
Beschreibung:

Are the "i"X processors x86 based?

I mean, i was allowed to test an Acer notebook with an i3 processor, how is it classified? as an x86 one?

Regards ;)

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tonicucoz:
According to the replies received from the mailing list it should be amd64
submitted by tonicucoz, 02:51, 30 July 2011
tonicucoz:

what's the output of:

dpkg --print-architecture
submitted by tonicucoz, 08:53, 30 July 2011
Ark74:
Wouldn't dpkg just show the architecture that i've installed once i had chosen the i386/amd64/etc install/Live CD architecture of the distro i like?
submitted by Ark74, 10:46, 31 July 2011
tonicucoz:
mmm.. perhaps you are right.. if this is the case then we should remove that instruction from the help pages, see here http://www.h-node.com/help/index/en#discover-hardware
submitted by tonicucoz, 02:59, 2 August 2011
Ark74:

As discussed in the trisquel forum the i3, i5 and i7 processors should be taken as a amd64 or x86-64 and maybe renaming the architectures on the submit form would be a better to avoid thinking on Intel or AMD as a processor platform instead of the real x86/x86-64 processors.

submitted by Ark74, 18:32, 9 August 2011
tonicucoz:
ok, we could use x86-64/amd64 on the label of the entry
submitted by tonicucoz, 10:32, 10 August 2011
Ark74:

According to the info that Michał Masłowski gave us on the mailing list then we could set something like:

How to discover the architecture of your notebook

Open a terminal and type the following command:

cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep "lm"

If you get a message like this:

flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm

then you machine is x86-64/amd64 capable and you could choose a x86-64/amd64 distro to run on it

submitted by Ark74, 11:28, 10 August 2011
tonicucoz:
ok, it is a good idea :)
submitted by tonicucoz, 12:40, 12 August 2011
Ark74:
Let's close this then ;)
submitted by Ark74, 21:35, 13 August 2011

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