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Contents 1 About 2 Requirements 3 Syntax 3.1 Example 4 Further Reading 5 See Also

[edit] About

ifcpu64.c32 is a comboot module for Syslinux that check's the CPU flags for 64-bitness (and optionally for 32-bit PAE support) and loads the appropriate label in a pxelinux.cfg file.

This is only available in Syslinux 3.71 or later.

[edit] Requirements

• working Syslinux environment
• two kernel images
• one 32bit environment or an additional 64bit environment

[edit] Syntax

ifcpu64.c32 64bit-label [-- pae-label] -- 32bit-label

The use of -- is required! The PAE is also optional.

[edit] Example

Here is an example pxelinux.cfg file for booting

label ifcpu64-1
  kernel ifcpu64.c32
  append system_64 -- system_32

label system_64
  kernel kernel64
  append initrd=ramfs.x86_64.cgz root=/dev/ram0

label system_32
  kernel kernel32
  append initrd=ramfs.x86.cgz root=/dev/ram0

[edit] Further Reading

None

[edit] See Also

• Ifcpu.c32 64 - Detection of 64bits capable CPUs