lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2004]   [Feb]   [23]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Intel vs AMD x86-64
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:12:20PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>...
> Actually, I'm a bit disgusted at Intel for not even _mentioning_ AMD in
> their documentation or their releases, so I'd almost be inclined to rename
> the thing as "AMD64" just to give credit where credit is due. However,
> it's just not worth the pain and confusion.
>...

In the long term, x86_64 creates more confusion:
- SuSE says AMD64 [1]
- RedHat says AMD64 [2]
- Debian says AMD64 [3]

Renaming might be some work today, but it might actually remove
confusion in the future.

> Linus

cu
Adrian

[1] http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/server/sles/amd64.html
[2] http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/comparison/
[3] http://www.debian.org/ports/

--

"Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
"Only a promise," Lao Er said.
Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 14:01    [W:0.165 / U:0.056 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site