Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:04:26 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?=" <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: "Eitan Shefi" <eitans@mellanox.co.il> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem in checking machine architecture Message-ID: <1bd550a00807160104p4b8529aat30c17909af1e2a6c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com> References: <5D49E7A8952DC44FB38C38FA0D758EAD196E4A@mtlexch01.mtl.com>
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On 7/16/08, Eitan Shefi <eitans@mellanox.co.il> wrote: > I have a host with FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (64 bit) installed. > How do I check the host's architecture ? > > When I run: "uname -m" > the output is: "amd64" > > When I run: "sysctl -a | less" > and search for: "CPU" > I see that: > "hw.model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz > ... > hw.machine_arch: amd64" > > So, is this host's architecture is: > Intel or AMD > Your architecture is AMD64 that is, in fact kind of standard (http://www.x86-64.org/), but other CPU vendors as Intel implement that set of instructions. > I'm confused about it. > Can someone help ? > > > Thanks, > Eitan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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