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Subject: Re: 64bit
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On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:33, K P wrote:
> hello,
> i just got AMD Athlon 64bit but i want to know that FreeBSD for AMD64 port
> will work at 64bit mode or it is 32bit and just will work in 64bit arch?

i386 works in 32-bit mode,  AMD64 works in 64 bit mode.

If it's going to be a desktop, be aware that some important ports don't work 
on the latter.