Bug 747227 - Documentation suggests all Atom N series are not 64bit - this is untrue
Summary: Documentation suggests all Atom N series are not 64bit - this is untrue
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-Installation_Guide
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jack Reed
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Depends On: 722258
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-10-19 07:17 UTC by Jack Reed
Modified: 2013-06-17 05:36 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of: 722258
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-10-19 07:19:37 UTC
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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.


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