Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:45:28 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/examples/etc make.conf Message-ID: <20050223174528.624bae59@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <200502231733.43563.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200502230110.j1N1ASPc000377@repoman.freebsd.org> <200502231310.12153.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20050223220420.GB32679@dragon.nuxi.com> <200502231733.43563.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:33:43 -0500 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 05:04 pm, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:10:12PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 03:19 am, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 06:04:43PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > > Log: > > > > > > Add 'nocona' to the list of Intel ia64 CPUs and k8 to the AMD > > > > > > CPUs. > > > > > > > > > > Nocona is not an ia64 processor. It's a xeon (=ia32) processor with > > > > > EM64T. > > > > > > > > It isn't "with EM64T". Or was the i386 an "80286 with registers" as > > > > something special? A Nocona is a 64-bit Xeon. > > > > > > Actually, a 386 was a 286 with paging at first. :) A Xeon is certainly > > > an ia32 processor (esp. when compared to ia64), and just as paging was an > > > extension to the protected mode already present in the 286, one can think > > > of long mode as an extension of 386 protected mode with PAE. > > > > Yes, and was there a huge marketing compain to call it "286 with Paging > > Technology"? No. It was simply the "i386". > > > > > Take a chill pill, > > > his e-mail didn't even contain the word "AMD" and you still flew off the > > > handle. > > > > Sorry, didn't realize I needed to see the world "AMD" in an email to be > > able to respond to an email. It is ridiculous the amount of confusion > > Intel is causing EM64T users. > > I think you are seeing Intel marketing demons behind every shadow when they > actually aren't there all the time and jumping down people's throats at the > mere mention of anything related to Intel + amd64. The sky is not falling, > please slow down and calm down. Ok, I've seen back and forth discussion about marketing this and CPUs that. What I want to know: is the current version correct? Does it make people happy? :) -- Tom Rhodes
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