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SubjectRe: Linux-2.0.11


On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, RHS Linux User wrote:
>
> i have a Intel 6x86 P120Mhz CPU and 64 bit mother board, pci based made by
> amptron.... is there going to be a 64-bit clean version for these 64 bit
> systems that will recognize the fact that they are compiling for ie a 686
> class 64 bit system..... and such......?

The 6x86 is 64-bit the same way my alpha is 256-bit: it only has a 64-bit bus
between the cache and the CPU (and possibly between cache and memory). The
CPU is still 32-bit in every sense of the word. In short, if anybody told you
they sold you a 64-bit system, they were lying.

If you're in the US, you could probably sue them ;-)

Linus


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