Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:48:06 -0800 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: [Flaimbait] "amd64" vs "x86-64" Message-ID: <20041217194806.GA2437@ack.Berkeley.EDU>
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Hi, I was wondering if anybody here has discussed the difference in terminology between FreeBSD and Linux regarding the amd64 architecture. Now that Intel is making chips that support AMD's instruction set, one could argue that it would be better to use a vendor-neutral term to describe the architecture. I condemn Intel for the games they've played over AMD's architecture, and I'm bringing this up to try to be "fair" to Intel; I'm only bringing it up as something that should be discussed as a possible help to the FreeBSD community as this architecture moves forward. Would the FreeBSD community stand to benefit to adopt Linux's "x86-64" terminology? Mike
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