Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:26:41 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another whirl with FreeBSD Message-ID: <200610121026.41326.fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <200610121653.k9CGrsce074740@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200610121653.k9CGrsce074740@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Thursday 12 October 2006 09:53 am, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I have just one remaining question, does what you said > > apply to the new Intel Core 2 Duo chips as well? > > It should apply to every machine that's supported by > FreeBSD/amd64, i.e. any processor that supports AMD64 > or EM64T (as intel calls it). Looks like Intel has renamed their version of the i386 64-bit extensions once again. First there was IA-32e (since they couldn't use IA-64 as that was the Itanium instruction set), then EM64T, now it's just Intel64. Guess they are trying to claim ownership of the amd64 architecture. :) http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34722 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2F78786&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2006Sep/bch20060929038986.htm Maybe we should all just switch to using x86-64? :) They really like to muddy the naming waters: Pentium-M renamed Core at the same time they announce the Core Architecture, but the Pentium-M is not based on Core. First CPU based on Core is called Core2. Ah, what fun! -- Freddie Cash, LPIC-2 CCNT CCLP Network Support Technician School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca
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