64 Bit Dual Core: Experiences???

[jeffrey franc-law]

Anyone installed Linux on the new HP dual core turion laptop? I'm
particularly concerned about the usual wi-fi problem. Is there a 64 bit
driver to use ndiswrapper for these machines?

Also...somewhat off topic for this forum....Does 64bit linux run on any
of the Intel Core Duo machines? My research on the internet seems to
reveal that there are considerable rumors as to whether the Core Duo is,
or is not, a 64 bit processor. Anyone tried this?

ciao,
jfl

[Bernie Hoefer]

jeffrey franc-law wrote:
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Does 64bit linux run on any of the Intel Core Duo machines? My
research on the internet seems to reveal that there are considerable
rumors as to whether the Core Duo is, or is not, a 64 bit processor.

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Intel has confused me with their naming scheme, so I needed to go
refresh my memory of what "Intel Core Solo", "Intel Core Duo" and
"Intel Core 2 Duo" mean. The best source I found in my cursory look was
Wikipedia.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core>:
+ "Intel Core is the name used for the processor code named Yonah"...
+ "Core Duo is the world's first low-power (less than 25 watts) Dual
Core processor"...
+ "EM64T (Intel x86-64 extensions) is not supported by Yonah. However,
EM64T support is planned for Yonah's successor, Core 2, code-named
Merom."

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2>:
+ "Intel Core 2 processors will feature EM64T"...

I installed _SuSE Linux 10.0_ on a Core Duo laptop months ago, just
to try it out. *If* memory serves me correctly, I think the install
defaulted to the i686 SMP kernel.
Today, I installed _SuSE Linux 10.1_ on an "engineering sample"
Core 2 Duo desktop machine that Intel loaned my employer. It defaulted
to the x86_64 SMP kernel.

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