On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 06:00:48PM +0800, Randolph Chung wrote: > > Without further any warning/information about that other 64bit architecture > > intel, amd etc are producing: amd64. A *lot* of people try to use ia64 > > installation media to install Debian on their Opteron's etc, and then mail > > (for example) debian-cd that the cd is broken and doesn't boot. > > I am not disputing that the wording can be improved, but please note: > > > The paragraph in question could and IMHO should be more elaborate, like, > > saying it's Intel *alpha* 64, aka Itanium, > > What is "Intel alpha 64"? I've never heard of such a thing :-) > > ia64 != Itanium, just as Linux != RedHat.
That's why I put debian-ia64 in the loop, because I don't much more than the bare minimum about the architecture in question. It also makes it hard for me to provide a factually correct patch. Please suggest some wording that *is* correct, then. I don't know how to do it. > > The fact that i386 is also called ia32 above, without any introduction to > > what ia32 means, isn't helping at all of course. If it doesn't serve > > anything, I strongly suggest to drop the name of 'ia-32', I've never > > heard of it before, while eh, I've been an i386 users for quite some time. > > Well, ia32 is a very common name. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA-32 Among Computer Hardware Engineers, maybe, but I surely never heard of it (I know, statistical sample of one, but still. And I *am* thoroughly familiar with Linux). And a quick poll amongst a handful of computer-savy people (computer science students and physics students) at my university suggests I'm not the only one who doesn't know what a ia32 is, despite having lots of them (and the Physics department's main shell server being an ia64 even). --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] (also for Jabber & MSN; ICQ: 33944357) http://Jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
