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    SubjectRe: Intel vs AMD x86-64
    On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:12:20PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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    >
    > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
    > >
    > > hmm, so the current x86_64 will be changed to x86-64 or
    > > will there be x86_64 and x86-64?
    >
    > No. The filesystem policy _tends_ to be that dashes and spaces are turned
    > into underscores when used as filenames. Don't ask me why (well, the space
    > part is obvious, since real spaces tend to be a pain to use on the command
    > line, but don't ask me why people tend to conver a dash to an underscore).
    >
    > So the real name is (and has always been, as far as I can tell) x86-64.

    As far as I know, the real reason for the underscore in x86_64 in Linux
    is that autoconf/configure hate dashes in arch names, because of this
    notation:

    x86_64-gnu-linux-pc

    If a dash were used, the string would be unparseable without prior
    knowledge of all arch names.

    --
    Vojtech Pavlik
    SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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