Bug 747227

Summary:	Documentation suggests all Atom N series are not 64bit - this is untrue
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Jack Reed <jreed>
Component:	doc-Installation_Guide	Assignee:	Jack Reed <jreed>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	ecs-bugs
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	6.1	CC:	kwade, pbokoc, rimmer100, zach
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Clone Of:	722258	Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-10-19 07:19:37 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	722258
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Description Jack Reed 2011-10-19 07:17:52 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #722258 +++

Description of problem:
Before I installed my system (the first time) I checked the documentation and it said that "The N and Z Series Atom processors are based on the i386 architecture." so I used the i386 version of Fedora.

Once loaded I learned of the lshw program.  When I ran this on my Atom N550 it returned saying that it was capable of x86_64 and was a 64bit CPU.

Upon seeing this I have now re-installed using the x86_64 architecture and the system is running fine.

Whether the statement in the documentation was true in the past, I do not know, but it appears that it is now true any more.


Additional info:
Section that is affected is specifically

2.1.2. Which Architecture Is My Computer?

--- Additional comment from rimmer100 on 2011-07-14 15:07:24 EDT ---

*not true any more.

--- Additional comment from rimmer100 on 2011-10-09 10:45:33 EDT ---

This can be verified from the following URL on the intel website.

http://ark.intel.com/products/50154/Intel-Atom-Processor-N550-%281M-Cache-1_50-GHz%29

Also the link to part of the intel website on this document page is broken.

Comment 1 Jack Reed 2011-10-19 07:19:37 UTC

Not relevant to RHEL. Closing due to error.