From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 19 22:21:53 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA10465 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:21:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcanet.com.au (border.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA10440 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:21:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au) Received: by border.alcanet.com.au id <40349>; Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:20:41 +1100 Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:21:17 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: Directory structure on current.freebsd.org To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Message-Id: <99Jan20.172041est.40349@border.alcanet.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oliver Fromme wrote: >In releases/snapshots they're called "axp" and "x86", while in >ports they're called "alpha" and "i386". I agree that having two different names is confusing. DEC (or Compaq) literature seems to use both Alpha and AXP - I'm not sure that either is an especially better choice. > "x86" could imply that we're >running on 286, too, and it's more in line with "sparc64"), I personally find "i386" a pain because it is used to specify both an architecture (IA-32) and a particular implementation (80386) of that architecture. In some cases it may not be clear which is meant. It's worthwhile noting that Sun use "x86" to specify their Intel port. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message