Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:09:39 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: kalin m <kalin@el.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 ?! Message-ID: <20080528210939.GA81295@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <483DC6FA.7020100@el.net> References: <483DC6FA.7020100@el.net>
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--mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 04:56:26PM -0400, kalin m wrote: > hi all... >=20 > i have dilemma. >=20 > i asked a hosting faclity to set up freebsd 7 on new server. and i=20 > mentioned that it should be 64 bit. > now they when i get into the machine i get: > srv391# uname -a > FreeBSD srv391.carpathiahost.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun= =20 > Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008 =20 > root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >=20 > i did ask for an intel machine and the dmseg actually states: >=20 > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405 @ 2.00GHz (1997.01-MHz K8-clas= s=20 > CPU) > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x10676 Stepping =3D 6 > AMD Features=3D0x20100800<SYSCALL,NX,LM> > AMD Features2=3D0x1<LAHF> >=20 > so i'm a bit confused about the the 64 bit and why the machine is=20 > identifying itself as amd64 and not i686? Well, "amd64" is the name FreeBSD uses for the 64-bit architecture built by AMD as en extension of the 32-bit x86 architecture. Intel later made it's chips compatible because it's own 64-bit architecture IA64 was more or less a dud.=20 This architecture is also known as x86_64. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkg9yhMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVDugCgp9KUtEYBKYtioFAdK0REFlsN iDIAnRWtjXLGPCWnIqGFTI1iNOd3Zd6g =7MtI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mYCpIKhGyMATD0i+--
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