This page contains information the FreeBSD port to AMD's AMD64 architecture. The AMD64 architecture was previously known as x86-64 or ``Hammer''.

The AMD Opteron™ and AMD Athlon™ 64 processors use the AMD64 architecture.

Status:

Currently FreeBSD/amd64 runs in 64-bit multiuser mode. Multiprocessor hardware is supported, but currently only running in uniprocessor mode.

The AMD64 platform is currently a Tier 2 FreeBSD platform.

FreeBSD/amd64 Specific Links

• FreeBSD/amd64 mailing list

Other Links of Interest

AMD64 Documentation

• AMD x86-64 Architecture Specification
• AMD x86-64 DRAFT Processor-specific Application Binary Interface Specification
• AMD x86-64 whitepaper

Software Tools

• AMD SimNow! x86-64 Linux Simulator and Tools

Related Projects

• Linux / x86-64
• NetBSD/amd64