Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:05:25 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: mi007@rocketmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD versions Message-ID: <4B4203B5.8020202@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <460822.31708.qm@web50801.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <460822.31708.qm@web50801.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Mernoz Rostangi wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I would like to know if the FreeBSD 8.0 IA64 can be used on 32bit cpu a=
lso ?
>=20
> If yes, what is the difference between IA64 and x86 versions ?
>=20
> :-)
> ./m
Nope. You're mixing up IA64 (the Itanium) with AMD64 (All modern AMD
chips, and Intel chips like the Core 2, Xeon, I7). amd64 is a historic
name, because AMD invented the architecture, which Intel later copied.
It's frequently called x86_64 in other OSes.
All x86_64 chips can also run in x86 (32 bit) mode. As far as I know,=20
IA64 was only ever a 64 bit architecture.
Cheers,
Matthew
--=20
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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