From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 6 20:06:03 2009 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 D5D2A1065692 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:06:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B50E8FC14 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 20:06:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by fxm18 with SMTP id 18so3765737fxm.43 for ; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:06:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=v+Pj+7bzHogbChSgllzMZX1C8N7HdN/RsXIQnphKwfY=; b=fUgCupK8CsoDn00C7j94ToG30VVFT/WfY2CwyK7n4yqLJ4MHxdMnZz1q2uqNWnv28w 4RBd5K5/w5hj1GbFaulOc9ditXNU4EMPcZDQA/ivs4AuYrFwIjjTiVK2l0zZWr0RUvr1 Vr6lnvkoTbEieaQozASc2W2wBnbxU8F1RICYQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=W7SgzLi/o9MLCLSAHR+bPF5IfvlXaGTf76Ynq9qbOD0EgMM9B9uHphnXpFswCSDs8C O9sGrygtSM10N9/LvLVtRuyvq5UK+gzOI/VnUiB/1PcXqK9GSU2+wOImLVGTRrZwFIKo 3BtsGR9ge1p2/wFUKDgk9Hl2UMh4FHL6GTKUI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.66.17 with SMTP id l17mr4970809bki.44.1246910760958; Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:06:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:05:57 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Ergosky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: processor concern 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: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:06:04 -0000 On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Ergosky wrote: > Hi. I want to download and start using FreeBSD but I've investigated about > the differences between the processors architecture. My processor has a i686 > architecture but there just seems to be a i386 full-arquitecture supported > by the OS. I want to know if there's a distribution optimized for my > processor's architecture to take full advantage of it's performance. Thanks > in advance for your response. > _______________________________________________ > Acronym i386 is used for Intel processors and their equivalents ( for example , AMD ) in 32 bits mode . Acronym amd64 is used for Intel processors and their equivalents ( for example , AMD ) in 64 bits mode . Therefore , please check exact model of your processor whether it can use 64 bits mode or not . Then you may select a suitable distribution . More detailed information may be found in release notes for distributions . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk