Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:35:09 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core Message-ID: <20090806233509.7935c23d@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <200908051414.49468.david@vizion2000.net> References: <200908051414.49468.david@vizion2000.net>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0100 David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> wrote: > Hi every one > > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for > systems with Intel Quad Core processors. > > It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean > why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a > genre? The time to complain about that was when they put the "i" in i386.
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