From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 19 06:17:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDAFE1065685 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:17:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.177]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD6C18FC14 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:17:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so278570wah.3 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1ALf+lvDk9gLI5lFEuRZfAyhxZY4tUsXFkM4GsL1FxQ=; b=LnON5YWedNx+EeFGG2mCIfXUXV1zIPAVHyygXLH+Jc/Aj3rhEBWQFObJ8T/gFpuUBD hvNnAwMKcR+yqJwX57R9lWI71bGv8whg9OmJAc40nckJETXgASV1IQ6ALomX6hvNydxG GFkWvYGsrByNYf9W2W8pDNYhkHNxJ2G0o9K40= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=wuBamzCziMazk9zPl7sAFkYCTTXo5rEdvoExjol3Q4umMrSPdgMdBVtBz5bW/D5pzM /LxH1DbKelGn/WXqSaRCwmXypVSygjJAi2zODNtyKsJQxkzmev63NI49QdmQD7jx3HZJ a4eDDzzKRFRYDb7YZQp71G8Yv13tIhS1ba2IQ= Received: by 10.114.192.17 with SMTP id p17mr825553waf.29.1216448223408; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tim-judds-mac-mini.local ( [76.113.34.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m27sm3329312pof.6.2008.07.18.23.17.00 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:17:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <488186D0.2080304@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:16:48 -0600 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Macintosh/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eitan Shefi References: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com> In-Reply-To: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem in checking machine architecture X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:17:04 -0000 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?