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? >> _______________________________________________ >> List mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list >> > > > > -- > The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of > zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > -- The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis
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