[u-u] Specs as requested

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Fri Mar 13 04:19:54 EDT 2015


On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:14:12AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: arocker at Vex.Net
> 
> | This
> | http://h20386.www2.hp.com/CanadaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=K4F54UA&opt=ABL&sel=TBL
> | is the machine for which I was attempting to find a home at the meeting
> | last night.
> 
> Cute.
> 
> | It's an Intel processor, so there is likely to be a Linux distro somewhere
> | that could be inflicted on it.
> 
> Maybe.
> 
> These require UEFI booting and only support 32-bit mode.  No
> mainstream Linux distro supported this combo: anything new enough to
> require UEFI has a 64-bit CPU (exception: the initial Apple systems
> with Core Duo (not Core 2 Duo) processors badly implemented UEFI).
> 
> These CPUs are 64-bit but Intel has only released 32-bit support for
> power management, and that lives in the UEFI firmware.

Can you clearify?  The cpu are 64bit, but UEFI is 32bit?


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