Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:16:54 +0100 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/gcc34 Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <xzpisi1sp3d.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20040220153933.GA29018@dragon.nuxi.com> (David O'Brien's message of "Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:39:33 -0800") References: <200402192212.i1JMCUxx092480@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040219222006.GA19860@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402192335590.47964@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20040220012254.GB4306@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402200945010.84681@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20040220153933.GA29018@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes: > I am, but I've never demanded that FreeBSD's use of "i386" and "ia32" be > changed. AMD has affected the modern 32-bit x86 architecture as much as > Intel has. AMD paid all the millions and millions for the ISV & IHV > support. W/o AMD going to market with this design there would be no > "ia32e" from Intel. Intel had no choice and was totally forced by the > market to do their "ia32e". We owe honoring AMD by calling the platform > "amd64". I think it's only fair. Intel created the i386 and AMD copied it; we still call it the i386. AMD created the amd64 and Intel copied it; we should still call it the amd64. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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