A stupid 64bit question ... but ...

[Parv]

in message <7ab0fd580512042313k15a93166i at mail.gmail.com>,
wrote Guillaume R. thusly...
>
> 2005/12/5, David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org>:
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 06:50:55PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > >
> > > I didn't realize that the newer Xeon's were 64bit ... now,
> > > I've just built perl 5.8.7, and its reporting:
> > >
> > > # perl -v
> > > This is perl, v5.8.7 built for i386-freebsd-64int
...
> > Perl won't be reporting a 64-bit capable machine, when running a
> > 32-bit OS.  Look in /var/run/dmesg for 'AMD Features' to report
> > 'LM' (long mode).
> 
> So why there is a 64int? We can suppose that perl has seen that
> Marc's proc is a 64 one no?  I asked that cause I got a 64bits
> (amd) which run on a 32 bits mode and I got oftenly such
> "i386-freebsd-64amd"

By chance any of you built the Perl w/ USE_64_BIT_INT option? See
"perl -V".


  - Parv

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