Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 10:00:07 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> To: Norberto Meijome <numard@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Curious : why does the booloader say i386 on amd64? Message-ID: <84dead7205090121305a4d2d40@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4317CFF8.6030202@meijome.net> References: <4317CFF8.6030202@meijome.net>
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On 9/2/05, Norberto Meijome <numard@meijome.net> wrote: > FreeBSD/i386 boot >From what I remember of the AMD manual, these processors actually start off in 'i386 compatibility mode'. The OS needs to do something extra to switch= into long mode. --=20 FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
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