Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:54:25 +0100 From: RW <mlt01@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what cpu type to use for a intel duo e6850 (i386 or amd64) Message-ID: <20070930175425.40afcb6f@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <bef9a7920709292355g629955a2yda2cf4cc2252e361@mail.gmail.com> References: <bef9a7920709262135l1daa6a45k3a2fc492f8711d42@mail.gmail.com> <44r6khh4xh.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> <bef9a7920709290903q3ab2a7e3x22de338ecd6af49e@mail.gmail.com> <20070929214258.046cbd3b@gumby.homeunix.com.> <bef9a7920709292355g629955a2yda2cf4cc2252e361@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:55:15 +0000 "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > Second of all in many peoples minds (including mine) > we are used to there being subtle diffs between AMD and intel for the > same class of processor thus would naturally think if it was lableb > amd64 it is for Advanced Micro Devices processors only... Architectures don't differ subtly, if they did we would have hundreds. That's why we have cpu-type variants within each architecture.
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