From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261775AbUBWRDq (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:03:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261961AbUBWRDq (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:03:46 -0500 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:60390 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261775AbUBWRDo (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:03:44 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:03:36 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Herbert Poetzl , Mikael Pettersson , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64 Message-ID: <20040223170336.GK5499@fs.tum.de> References: <16435.14044.182718.134404@alkaid.it.uu.se> <20040222025957.GA31813@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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