uname -m for an Intel machine running FreeBSD

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:01:15 -0600, Clay Daniels wrote:
> Thanks Chris, Ihor, & Valeri. I would not have guessed it would the amd64
> on an Intel. I was expecting something like "i386", but had no way to check
> it as both my machines have AMD processors.

It's actually just a naming convention:

i386 = all Intel, AMD, Cyrix etc. processors of the 32-bit family

amd64 = all Intel and AMD processors of the 64-bit family

This refers to the _x86_ line of processors.



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