From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 1 21:12:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8A8C16A41F for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:12:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B01743D49 for ; Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:12:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k31LCbpD010588 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:12:38 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k31LCbnp003124; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:12:37 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k31LCbuK003123; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:12:37 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 07:12:37 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Cartoon Factory Message-ID: <20060401211237.GD684@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200604012048.k31Kmb8k097421@ceres.aros.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200604012048.k31Kmb8k097421@ceres.aros.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:12:43 -0000 On Sat, 2006-Apr-01 13:48:48 -0700, Cartoon Factory wrote: >I have a stupid question. No such thing as stupid questions but this does belong on -questions rather then -arch. > I am looking at the processors supported by >FreeBSD, and I see AMD64 (which I know is AMD) and ia64 (which I have no >clue what it is). iA64 was Intel's replacement for the iA32 processor family. It sports an impressive collection of buzzwords that were state-of-the-art when it was first announced. It spent so long as vapourware and has turned out to be such a flop that Intel wound up licensing the AMD64 (which it re-named EM64T). >My confusion is two-fold. One, they say the processor is 32/64. Can FreeBSD >use the 64 aspect of this? And if so, is it ia64, or under i386? In the "CPU" section of your dmesg, you should have a line "AMD Features" with the "LM" flag set - this means you have an amd64/em64t. To run in 64-bit mode, you need FreeBSD/amd64. -- Peter Jeremy