From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 11 12:56:34 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 BCB9C1065689 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712888FC13 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LhNz7-0007mF-ON for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:33 +0000 Received: from pool-70-21-13-242.res.east.verizon.net ([70.21.13.242]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:33 +0000 Received: from nightrecon by pool-70-21-13-242.res.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:33 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Followup-To: gmane.os.freebsd.questions Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:57:17 -0400 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <200903040326.n243QHY1041181@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <991123400903032304p7409c4ecvb76a6c6946b82920@mail.gmail.com> <991123400903040238r5c196b80jb5e6799b56974703@mail.gmail.com> <200903111232.n2BCWWK9088827@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-21-13-242.res.east.verizon.net User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Sender: news Subject: Re: PAE kernel problem on Dell PowerEdge 2950 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@verizon.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:56:35 -0000 Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > >> > > why not simply use /amd64? >> > You mean he changes the CPU? >> All CPUs generally shipped from Dell anymore are 64bit capable. Do you >> have the original specs (take the service tag, go to dell support -> >> warranty -> >> original system config) and paste that. It gives chip IDs that we can >> use online to see if it's amd64 capable. > > It seems that amd64 is not only for CPU's manufactured by AMD, but it > can be used on 64 bits Intels too. > > Well I am just trying and so far it installed. > > But that name amd64 is missleading, to say the least. > [snip] Yes - it has been somewhat of a small source of confusion. The reason it had the name amd64 attached is it was AMD that first developed the x86-64 extensions. Intel soon followed suit when it became apparent that their IA64 architecture was not going to supplant x86. They named their version EMT64. FreeBSD simply used the amd64 wrt it's naming scheme to give proper credit where due, e.g, to the inventor/originator. -Mike