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On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 06:21:16PM -0400, Paul Murphy wrote:
> > FreeBSD 5.1-BETA #9: Thu May 22 09:20:08 GMT 2003
> >     root@k8.amd.com:/hammer/sys/amd64/compile/GENERIC
> > 
> > CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD64 Class Processor
>                     ^^^^^
...
> > # file /boot/kernel/kernel
> > /boot/kernel/kernel: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^

>  Just wondering. Are the above [^^^] just the difference between 4.8 and
> 5.0, or 32 bit and 64 bit, or did I miss something in the kernel
> configuration? (I realize I have a 32 bit CPU, I am concerned about the
> AMD vs. the Intel x86 stuff)

What I posted is a full 64-bit FreeBSD/amd64 kernel running on K8 system.