Bug#930318: Suggestion for i386/amd64 "PC"
Dear Osamu Aoki and Andrei
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 10:01:25PM +0900, hoxp18@noramail.jp wrote:
> > Package: release-notes
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > en/whats-new.dbk: "Supported architectures" section
> > 1. 32-bit PC (i386) and 64-bit PC (amd64)
> > 2. 64-bit ARM (arm64)
>
> "arm64" is not Debian arch. AArch64 is what you are thinking.
It's not about current "stable" release notes.
I quoted from the salsa/buster release notes.
Thank you Andrei.
> > WHY?
> > ====
> >
> > * There are many "amd64" servers and "arm64" servers.
> > * There could be ARM PCs (starting with Windows 10 notebooks).
>
> Not much arm netbook are sold...
> We see more Chromebook on slow intel or arm chips
> There is arm-note PC in China.
>
> > * To avoid "64 bit PC" could mean both amd64 and arm64.
>
> I still don't think arm got any significant position on PC market.
Please watch news about the Microsoft project and a new ARM product.
Windows 10 on ARM: Windows 10 runs on PCs powered by ARM processors.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/
ARM Cortex-A77: Laptop-Class Performance
https://www.arm.com/products/silicon-ip-cpu/cortex-a/cortex-a77
> > and a phrase "86" is alive since Intel released
> > their 8th gen. Core CPU "Core i7-8086K" in 2018.
>
> But Does AMD use it. We try to be vendor agnostic.
>
> Let's see what others do.
Yes, let's see what Linux Kernel use.
arch/x86/ in 4.19 (Buster kernel) and 5.2 (the latest)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/arch/x86?h=v4.19.50
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/x86?h=v5.2-rc4
To make it consistent,
CPU architectures should be same with Linux Kernel at first, I guess.
Regards.
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