Yea, I forgot about Itanium. For Itanium the initials are IA-64.

There is a Tier-2 supported version of FreeBSD for that processor, but
pfSense does not ship an IA-64 version.


Walter


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ryan Coleman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Itanium is the only one that’s different from AMD64. I’ve never touched an
> Itanium-driven machine.
>
>
> On May 19, 2014, at 18:06, Walter Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The amd64 is for all 64 bit machines (amd64 and Intel EMT64)
> The x86 is for all 32 bit machines (Intel and AMD)
>
> According the spec sheet,
> http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/2850_specs.pdf,
> that is a 64 bit machine.
>
> Note, because AMD developed 64 for the x86 first, the BSDs call 64 bit
> mode amd64. When Intel licensed it from AMD, they called by a different
> name (something without the competitor's name in it). Another common name
> for amd64 is x86_64.
>
> The only place where AMD vs. Intel 64 really makes a difference is in VM
> servers (such as ESXi and XenServer), where methods for visualizing IO are
> different. Most other places, 64 bit is 64 bit and really doesn't matter.
>
>
> Walter
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Brian Caouette <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just ordered a Poweredge 2850. It has the xeno processor. Do I install
>> the Intell version or amd64?
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