From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 11:18:23 2008 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 CBC46106567A for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE8D8FC26 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:18:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:61370 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KBpUc-0001PF-5D for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:18:22 +0200 Received: (qmail 19130 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2008 13:18:19 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 26 Jun 2008 13:18:19 +0200 Received: (qmail 61966 invoked by uid 1001); 26 Jun 2008 13:18:19 +0200 Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:18:19 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Sandra Kachelmann Message-ID: <20080626111819.GA61949@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <91b92520806260356id3c9a2bxa50b0814c12ec7dc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <91b92520806260356id3c9a2bxa50b0814c12ec7dc@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KBpUc-0001PF-5D. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1KBpUc-0001PF-5D 344e4b5075f13be8e018fee540830b1f Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD i386 64bit? 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: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:18:23 -0000 On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:56:06PM +0200, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: > Coming from the Linux world I am pretty new to FreeBSD, please bare with me. > I find the FreeBSD handbook pretty useful and I just managed to update > 7.0-RELEASE to 7-STABLE from source. I have an Intel core4quad CPU and was > wondering if I now have a 64bit FreeBSD. I am a bit confused because from > /usr/src/sys/ I only see the directories amd64, ia64 and sparc64 with the > number 64 in it. FreeBSD i386 is 32-bit. For 64-bit you will want the amd64 variant. (Yes, it will work on Intel's 64-bit x86 CPUs as well. It is called amd64 because AMD defined the architecture and thus got to name it, and then Intel copied it.) > > Another question, is setting CPUTYPE advised or discouraged? Generally discouraged. > I am aware > about problems if you mix binaries built with different CPU flags; not a > problem for me because coming from Gentoo I am used to build everything > myself. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se