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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>,
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Subject: Re: amd64
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On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 08:58:49PM -0500, Depo Catcher wrote:

> 
> 
> On 8/9/2010 4:14 PM, Robert Huff wrote:
> >Polytropon writes:
> >
> >   
> >>  >    I've installed FreeBSD-amd64. It runs very well. The packages I 
> >>  fetch
> >>  >  are amd64 too, but what about the ports I compile myself? Are those
> >>  >  amd64 too?
> >>
> >>  Yes, as your compiler infrastructure and target platform
> >>  is amd64, and so is the resulting binary code.
> >>     
> 
> How does it know your are on amd64?  gcc auto detect of CPU?

Because that is what you installed and booted.  The chip doesn't
matter - built by AMD or Intell.   What matters is the type of chip.

////jerry

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