Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Mar 2007 09:52:24 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make common x86 arch area for i386 and x86_64 - Take 2 |
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > > >Seems appropriate, but I really don't care what it's called. One thing about > >this name, is that typing arch/x86<Tab> doesn't tab complete x86_64 anymore. > >But if you can think of something better, I'd be happy to apply it. > > 80x86 > 8086 > ia32 <- I'd go with this for lack of more entries on this list.
But the whole point is that this is *not* a 32-bit file.
It's a file *shared* between 32-bit and 64-bit kernels.
Which is why plain "x86" is the right name. Yeah, Intel calls it "IA" these days, but that's just crazy speak (and probably a combination of a reaction against "amd64" and a way to hide the embarrassment that is "ia64" by confusing the naming so much that one day people won't remember that there was _another_ IA that was a total failure).
Linus
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