* David (banjo@users.sourceforge.net) wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:57:02PM +0100, Matt Kay wrote: > > Plus I thought the Intel 64-bit Prescott extensions weren't going to > > be entirely compatible? > > Are the differences worth taking into account? As announced, the > instruction sets are ``identical'' enough that a single binary can run > on both. Does anyone envision a path forward where Debian > differentiated between the two architectures, i.e., have separate ports > for each? Multiarch could potentially allow for such situations where they make sense. Similar to pentium or pentium-mmx things for x86. Stephen
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