can this cpu run x86_64

Andrew Moise chops at demiurgestudios.com
Fri Oct 20 08:47:29 CDT 2006


On 10/20/06, Tom Brown <tom at ng23.net> wrote:
> I am trying to find out if this box can run x84_64 RHEL - I think the
> physical box is a 6650 but this is how the CPU's show up
>
> processor       : 15
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 15
> model           : 4
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
> stepping        : 8
> cpu MHz         : 2992.714
> cache size      : 2048 KB
>
> Is that enough info to determine if it can run 64bit ?

  Look under "flags" in /proc/cpuinfo -- if they include "lm" (long
mode), then the CPU can run 64-bit.



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