Hmm so MSI Nettop 100 is 64bit capable?
July 5th, 2009
The MSI Nettop 100 has an intel atom 330 processor, searched google for “is intel atom 330 64 bit”, and a forum said that if “cat /proc/cpuinfo” has the Lm flag, then it does 64bit. Now downloading xubuntu 64 bit version to see if it works. Intel’s site says it is 64 bit too.
Output of cat /proc/cpuinfo below.
processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1595.955 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm bogomips : 3191.91 clflush size : 64 power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1595.955 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm bogomips : 3191.98 clflush size : 64 power management: processor : 2 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1595.955 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm bogomips : 3191.87 clflush size : 64 power management: processor : 3 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 28 model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1595.955 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 3 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm bogomips : 3191.99 clflush size : 64 power management:
Update
Live CD works, installing now.
Update
It is installed and working.
Linux xubuntu 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:58:03 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
A dumb question.
What is the difference between 64bits and 32?
I mean what are the advantages and maybe the disadvantages from running in x64?
On my computers, I always keep my Windows in 32 bit version.
On my Wind, I have Slackware 32 bits. What I get from x64?
Not sure if the Wind is 64bit. Sometimes 64bit OS’s can be faster, it depends on what you are doing. The MSI Nettop 100 is a desktop barebone. Not sure if the Wind’s use the same processor. I also read that some intel atom 330 processors don’t do 64bit, or maybe the bios on the computer doesn’t support it.
64bit OS’s have always worked good for me, so I always use them if the computer supports it.
Not quiet understanding you.
I’m talking about MSI Wind Nettop (the desktop computer) not about MSI Wind Netbook (the small 10″ notebook).
I have the version with a single core, only hyperthreading. I have the “Lm flag” as you said. But didn’t tried it with 64 bits.
I’ve seen some benchmarks that proved that 64 bits are a little faster, but I don’t know how this 64 bits works in the Linux world. From my experience, 64 bits in Windows sucks (no drivers for some stuff, no software ready yet, like flash plugin, etc), so I always stick with the 32 bits version. That is why I’m reluctant in moving my Linux server (yes, talking about MSI Wind nettop) on 64 bits.
Ahh wasn’t sure if you were talking about netbook or not. I’ve never had a problem with 64bit linux, you can still run 32bit applications, it depends on the distro, flash works too. I’ve mainly only tried ubuntu, so it might be different running 32bit applications on other distros.