Re: OpenBSD Doesn't Support 64-Bit Intel

Marwan Burelle <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jul 2013 18:58:44 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.misc,gmane.os.openbsd.smp
Message-ID <CAMPMb5Heup0sRypMnOu6FdkFzbE5yLG5gna7oy-kCqs9thT2Eg@mail.gmail.com>
Le 2 juil. 2013 17:58, "carlos albino garcia grijalba" <
[email protected]> a =E9crit :

>
> IA64 its the name of the arch for the processor created originali by AM=
D
and
> INTEL copied so support for AMD64 mean INTEL64 too! dont complain if u
really
> dont read all of the info (i understand now why my questions are not
answered
> LOL)
>
No ia64 is *not* the 64bits x86 arch. ia64 is the arch for itanium
processors a completely different architecture.

amd64 (and the Intel clone emt64) are an extension of the ia32 arch,
sometimes called x86-64, it was first introduced by amd, which explain wh=
y
most OS, like openbsd, brand their support as amd64.

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Marwan Burelle
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