From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 5 13:35:51 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 446021065670 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:35:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stark@mapper.nl) Received: from smtp-out1.tiscali.nl (smtp-out1.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B6D8FC1C for ; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:35:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stark@mapper.nl) Received: from [82.170.17.27] (helo=mapper.nl) by smtp-out1.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1MYgek-0008TJ-3d; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:35:50 +0200 Received: from bowser ([192.168.0.1] helo=[0.0.0.0]) by mapper.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MYgeN-000GNl-5E; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:35:27 +0200 Message-ID: <4A798A9C.7010201@mapper.nl> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:35:24 +0200 From: Mark Stapper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Southwell References: <200908051414.49468.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <200908051414.49468.david@vizion2000.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig98F76898EA047CF166343525" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:35:51 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig98F76898EA047CF166343525 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Southwell wrote: > Hi every one > > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for s= ystems=20 > with Intel Quad Core processors. > > It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean w= hy does=20 > freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre?=20 > > David=20 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= =2Eorg" > =20 One would use the amd64 version of FreeBSD on 64-bit platforms (apart from the itanium platforms). the amd64 or x86-64 instuction set has been designed by amd, which called it amd64. Intel implemented amd's design in their EM64T or "Intel 64" instruction set, which is compatible with amd's implementation(mostly IS amd's implementation). As such, amd64 is as valid a platform name as IA64(or Itanium) is. --------------enig98F76898EA047CF166343525 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp5ip8ACgkQN9xNqOOVnWBm7QCfZHQ4ZyOP5AuhQSixpyYwsNdP B0UAnjwkqUhRcZtPJc4xr0E6FcfMHUS9 =zlSN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig98F76898EA047CF166343525--