[solved] Intel Core 2 duo mobile should be i686 or x86_64 ?

My laptop has the following processor:
- Intel Core 2 duo mobile @ 2.00 GHz 4 MB cache (T7200 aka Merom-2M)
from cat /proc/cpuinfo:
- family is 6
- model is 15
- stepping is 6
so 6/15/6 in hex is 0x06F6 so the processor is actually SSPEC=SL9SL right ?
from: http://ark.intel.com/products/27255/Int … 67-MHz-FSB
from: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Core_2/In … 0414M.html
from: http://cdn.cpu-world.com/Images/uploade … 005742.gif
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merom_%28microprocessor%29
wikipedia: Merom is the first Intel mobile processor to feature Intel 64 architecture.
wikipedia: instruction set: x86_64
wikipedia: micro-architecture: core
if all the above is correct ... why my arch linux installation is i686 then ?
uname -a
blah blah blah ... i686 ...
what I am missing ?
Last edited by ivanborodin (2014-05-29 16:24:34)

Thank you all for your fast replies
I discovered this "issue" while reading that they were considering dropping i686 support for arch linux and I was starting to wonder if I should get a new laptop: good news for me is that my laptop will have some more time to go then, bad news is that when installing arch linux from the live image I messed things a bit: it is now obvious that I choose the wrong option so I have to reinstall.
Thanks for the link to switch the architecture from within a running system: while interesting (and a little bit unproven/untested as I see) I think reinstalling from scratch (while time-consuming) will solidify my knowledge or arch —as someone pointed out in an older post: to mess things up is to learn something new.

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Technology is not perfect, I know that. But for the amount of money you pay for Apple technology it should be better than this. And perhaps I wouldn't have bought a computer if I'd known that it makes noises like this.. unfortunately not mentioned anywhere by Apple, only on these forums where you-who-knows-best says we shouldn't talk about it.
Also you numpty, the point of all of this is we're trying to use the return policies and hardware warranties and gettin the runaround by Apple. This is another reason why people are unhappy - not so much the problem, more the fact about it's resolution (or lack of).
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You can totally bring your Intel to its knees if you merge PPC code, files, caches and such over.
CoreDuo sounds like iMac (not Mac Pro) so you can't just pull the drive and plug it in. There are SATA cases with FW and SATA interface of course. If you are selling the G5, I'd keep the drive and keep my files. I'd use your backup drive and Migration Assistant .... very caustiously... and reinstall applications.
Cache folders, drivers, anything that goes into the top level Library and System/Library should not be reinstalled.
Not all programs that are PPC work under Rosetta.
MacIntouch and Macfixit have lists of what is compatible or is in UB native format.

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