On Sun, May 17, 2020, 10:36 PM Takashi Yamamoto <yamam...@midokura.com.invalid> wrote:
> hi, > > this is just a curious question. > why do we use the name "intel64" for qemu things? > i thought it was from qemu, but qemu seems to use x86_64 or amd64. > i think "amd64" is more commonly used as it's from amd. > do we want to help intel marketing for some reasons? > I think it's mostly because the initial port was done against Intel hardware. I believe that there are some dependencies directly on Intel features as well right now (those could go away). x86_64 is probably most appropriate since it covers amd64 and em64t (Intel). There are also bits identified as QEMU that are more generic that should probably be moved. Personally I would be in favor of just leaving for things to settle on the port a bit (a few of us have patches in the works) and then see what feels right. But if someone wants to take it on now I would not be opposed to it, and would review and test. --Brennan
