Re: Bug#254598: Name of the Debian x86-64/AMD64 port
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:58:07PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> I think the choice of amd64 made some sense before the Intel
> announcement, but I think it sill would have been better to align with
> the kernel/gcc.
For what its worth, we differ from the kernel on powerpc (though not
with gcc).
> It would be terribly nice to be able to use the LSB mandated x86_64 as the
> arch name - simply because it is LSB.
Again, we differ from the LSB on powerpc.
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