DSL on AMD

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: DSL on AMD
started by: sankarv

Posted by sankarv on July 24 2006,04:38

Does DSL run on AMD 2600 64 bit processor??

Also i would like to know which linux distros that can be run on this configuration which are meant for Intel.

Posted by kerry on July 24 2006,05:46

yes, here's my lshw->
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1011MB
*-cpu
product: AMD Athlon™ XP 2000+
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.8.1
size: 1650MHz
width: 32 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 0
size: 128KB
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 1
size: 256KB
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: d0000000
bus info: pci@00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
resources: iomemory:d0000000-d7ffffff
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@01:00.0
version: a4
size: 128MB
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: vga bus_master vga_palette cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia
resources: iomemory:e0000000-e0ffffff iomemory:d8000000-dfffffff irq:193
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@00:10.0
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:a000-a01f irq:177
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:0
description: Printer
product: BJC-3000
vendor: Canon
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:1
version: 1.00
serial: 56PEW0
capabilities: usb-1.10 bidirectional
configuration: driver=usblp maxpower=2mA speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:1
description: USB hub
product: Multimedia Keyboard Hub
vendor: HP
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:2
version: 0.03
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=100mA slots=3 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:0
description: Keyboard
product: Multimedia Keyboard Hub
vendor: HP
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:2.1
version: 0.03
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=0mA speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:1
description: Mouse
product: Microsoft Trackball Explorer
vendor: Microsoft
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:2.2
version: 1.21
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=100mA speed=1.5MB/s
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10.1
bus info: pci@00:10.1
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:a400-a41f irq:177
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10.2
bus info: pci@00:10.2
version: 80
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:a800-a81f irq:177
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: USB 2.0
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 10.3
bus info: pci@00:10.3
version: 82
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd
resources: iomemory:e2000000-e20000ff irq:177
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-26-386 ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4
logical name: usb4
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=6 speed=480.0MB/s
*-isa UNCLAIMED
description: ISA bridge
product: VT8235 ISA Bridge
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 11.1
bus info: pci@00:11.1
version: 06
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=VIA_IDE
resources: ioport:ac00-ac0f irq:169
*-ide:0
description: IDE Channel 0
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0
logical name: ide0
clock: 33MHz
*-disk:0
product: WDC WD1000BB-00CAA1
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0.0
logical name: /dev/hda
capacity: 93GB
*-disk:1
product: Maxtor 6E030L0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@0.1
logical name: /dev/hdb
capacity: 28GB
*-ide:1
description: IDE Channel 1
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@1
logical name: ide1
clock: 33MHz
*-cdrom
product: LG CD-RW CED-8120B
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@1.0
logical name: /dev/hdc
capabilities: packet
*-disk
product: Maxtor 93652U8
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@1.1
logical name: /dev/hdd
capacity: 34GB
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 11.5
bus info: pci@00:11.5
version: 50
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: cap_list
configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Audio
resources: ioport:b000-b0ff irq:201
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@00:12.0
logical name: eth0
version: 74
serial: 00:0c:76:60:24:36
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine ip=192.168.2.17 multicast=yes
resources: ioport:b400-b4ff iomemory:e2001000-e20010ff irq:185

Posted by sankarv on July 24 2006,08:11

so u mean that we can have DSL on AMD 64 bit processors. Does this also mean that we can have any linux distro on AMDs?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 24 2006,08:37

Yes, 64-bit cpu's are backwards compatible with 32-bit software (i.e. DSL) - and they both (intel and AMD) support the x86 architecture.

Yes other linux distros will work, you could also get the ones that are optimized for your cpu.

Posted by kerry on July 24 2006,09:22

Have you tried ubuntu? they have a 64 version-> < http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ >

I use ubuntu as my daily desktop,there are also other flavors of ubuntu depending on what desktop you want. I alway's keep a eye at distowatch( < http://distrowatch.com/ > ) because i love trying different distro's or seeing if any distro's have improved, but in my case i'm a full blown addict i run through at least a 100 cdr pack a month.

Posted by humpty on July 24 2006,20:10

kerry, how d'you get the 'lshw' ?
it reminds me of the dos 'sysinfo' days.

Posted by kerry on July 24 2006,21:44

Sorry humpty, that's from ubuntu. i run dsl on the same computer, so i just used what i was on at the time.

Posted by humpty on July 24 2006,23:00

Quote (kerry @ July 24 2006,17:44)

Sorry humpty, that's from ubuntu. i run dsl on the same computer, so i just used what i was on at the time.

guess I'll settle for "stats.txt" from the DSLpanel. :;):

Posted by sankarv on Aug. 02 2006,08:08

DSL is exceptionally working great in my AMD machine.

Its of lightening speed and good performance.