Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:13:16 -0400 From: Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: appropriate 64 bit version? Message-ID: <BAY126-W1142DEF0A0B833798634EACAB70@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20080606132710.0e2defe8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <9039B036-5C23-44D3-8FA4-729702AF8BF0@justinarcher.com> <20080606132710.0e2defe8.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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> The version is called amd64 because AMD published their spec first. (FYI) >=20 the thing I have actually wondered is why i386 and amd64 are used as the na= ming convention instead of x86 and x86-64 or x64 -Sean
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