From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 21:13:17 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 613B9106576D for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:13:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0342E8FC1C for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 21:13:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from millenia2000@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY126-W11 ([65.55.131.46]) by bay0-omc1-s13.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 14:13:15 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [204.249.77.1] From: Sean Cavanaugh To: Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:13:16 -0400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20080606132710.0e2defe8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <9039B036-5C23-44D3-8FA4-729702AF8BF0@justinarcher.com> <20080606132710.0e2defe8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jun 2008 21:13:15.0673 (UTC) FILETIME=[22B01890:01C8C81A] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: RE: appropriate 64 bit version? 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: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:13:17 -0000 > The version is called amd64 because AMD published their spec first. (FYI) >=20 the thing I have actually wondered is why i386 and amd64 are used as the na= ming convention instead of x86 and x86-64 or x64 -Sean