From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 20:58:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 623C116A4CF for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:58:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.103.67.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EC9043D54 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:58:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CfPBV-000C7c-87; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:58:45 +0000 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:58:45 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Mike Hunter Message-ID: <20041217205845.GM38136@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Mike Hunter , freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <20041217194806.GA2437@ack.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DLrrb1ThO6aUXDeM" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041217194806.GA2437@ack.Berkeley.EDU> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Flaimbait] "amd64" vs "x86-64" X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:58:46 -0000 --DLrrb1ThO6aUXDeM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 11:48:06AM -0800, Mike Hunter wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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? It's already been discussed and we're sticking with "amd64" as it was the first platform that we supported. NetBSD have also moved to "amd64" from "x86-64". Check the archives for further details. Ceri --=20 Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) --DLrrb1ThO6aUXDeM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBw0iEocfcwTS3JF8RAlqVAJ4+J6kg7aty7fnDnsKjI6WaqbbNWACgmHHP BGdrd8J3NKBPB682QuPfqKI= =IzI9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DLrrb1ThO6aUXDeM--