On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote:
> . . . or maybe it is a 64 bit CPU that is not x86_64/amd64 compatible. > Do IA-64 (Itanium), IBM POWER, and SPARC 64 bit processors use the same > Long Mode functionality? > No, it is a function of it's ancestry, real mode, protected mode(16 & 32), and long mode. Completely 64 bit native architectures like IA-64 have no need for such tricks, -- Adam Vande More _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
