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Re: Architecture Nomenclature



On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 22:16 +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 27.04.2010, 12:45 -0700 schrieb Kip Warner:
> > Greetings Everyone,
> > 
> > I've been looking for a while, but no luck. Is there a table somewhere
> > that summarizes the different architecture names like i386, i586, i686,
> > amd64, ia64, and so on along with the criteria for hardware qualifying
> > under that name?
> 
> I am not aware of a table. I would search for the names and see which is
> the first architecture and check their features.
> 
> > e.g. Does i686 mandate SSE2?
> 
> i686 = Pentium Pro and later = only MMX
> amd64 mandates SSE2 (and therefore MMX and SSE)
> 
> > PS I am not on the mailing list, so please remember to cc me. Thanks.

What would you suggest for a package's architecture for a 32-bit
platform that supports SSE2, like the Pentium 4? 

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