kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0100
David Southwell <david at vizion2000.net> wrote:

> Hi every one
> 
> My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for
> systems with Intel Quad Core processors.
> 
> It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean
> why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a
> genre? 


The time to complain about that was when they put the "i" in i386.