Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:13:32 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: Stefan Cars <stefan@snowfall.se> Subject: Re: amd64 or i386 on PE 1850 Intel Xeon with EMT64 Message-ID: <41CB34FC.6000104@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41CBC0B4.6020005@ispro.net.tr> References: <41CB25AE.6050503@snowfall.se> <41CBC0B4.6020005@ispro.net.tr>
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Evren Yurtesen wrote: > amd64 on intel? I dont think it would work. > > You should use i386. > > To use amd64, you should get an 64bit AMD processor like AMD Athlon 64 > http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9484,00.html > No, this is not correct. The EM64T 'extentions' from Intel implement the amd64 ISA. To answer the original question, FreeBSD/amd64 runs fine on EM64T processors. Scott
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