Re: "AMD64" vs "x86_64" ?
Jay Turner <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:34:07AM -0400, Brian Long wrote: > For all previous architectures, the RPM arch is the same as the > directory structure (i386). Why is the directory structure for Opteron > systems "AMD64" yet the RPM arch is x86_64? Shouldn't the directory > structure also be x86_64? > > This makes for a special case when programming tools for kickstart or > image creation. In the past, everything matched and now there's a > one-off. AMD wants the platform to be referred to as "AMD64" in all places possible, but we felt it was a bit too dangerous to go hacking up the RPM arch at this time, so it's still "x86_64." You'll see us changing to "amd64" in the future. - jkt -- --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* Jay Turner, QA Technical Lead [email protected] Red Hat, Inc. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein -- Taroon-beta-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-beta-list