On 29/07/07, Ramagudi Naziir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > Is it right to say that the x86 kernel arch is intel's IA-32 architecture > and the x86-64 kernel arch is Intel's EM64T extension to the IA32 architecture > (which has the IA-32e mode and its two sub-modes: 64-bit and > compatibility) ? >
Well, except for the fact that it was actually AMD that came up with the AMD64/x86-64 extensions. Intel then later copied that and created EM64T as a clone of AMD64. -- Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
