Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:16:48 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem in checking machine architecture Message-ID: <488186D0.2080304@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com> References: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com>
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Eitan Shefi wrote: > I have a host with FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (64 bit) installed. > How do I check the host's architecture ? > > When I run: "uname -m" > the output is: "amd64" > > When I run: "sysctl -a | less" > and search for: "CPU" > I see that: > "hw.model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz > ... > hw.machine_arch: amd64" > > So, is this host's architecture is: > Intel or AMD > > I'm confused about it. > Can someone help ? > > > Thanks, > Eitan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Just like AMD made i686 processors. What's the "I" stand for? Intel came out with the 8086-686 class processors first, and AMD picked up that architecture. AMD came out with 64-bit architecture first so the platform is commonly referred to as amd64. Does this help?
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