From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jan 19 01:24:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39893EB8C4B for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:24:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 03DAA6AF7D for ; Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=Kt4P4ieN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=RgaUWeydRksA:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=-i4PqcHcItoGLC-K31wA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com header.from=roberthuff@rcn.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.mail=roberthuff@rcn.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com smtp.user=roberthuff; auth=pass (PLAIN) Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.rcn.cmh.synacor.com: transitional domain rcn.com does not designate 209.6.230.48 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:65480] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id BF/D6-03604-604416A5; Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:04:06 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <23137.17413.556937.796251@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:04:05 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: Mario Lobo Cc: Stari Karp , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: processor In-Reply-To: <20180118205117.77ad792f@Papi.lobos> References: <1516315417.19486.1.camel@yandex.com> <20180118205117.77ad792f@Papi.lobos> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 25.3.1 (amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:24:16 -0000 Mario Lobo writes: > > Does it mean that the motherboard is AMD and CPU is Intel. But why > > uname -m shows amd64, please? > > This only means that the architecture is 64 bits, which is named > amd64, the same way that i386 means 32 bits. My understanding is slightly different. "amd64" is a label applied to the 64 bit extensions to the Intel i386 architecture. There are other 64 bit architectures, some (all?) supported by FreeBSD: Sparc V9; Power64; MIPS64; and Intel's IA-64 ("Itanium"). CPUs compliant with those extensions are reported as "amd64" by FreeBSD no matter who actually makes them. Respectfully, Robert Huff