James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > > What would you say is/are the main thing[s] missing that would allow > claiming "Full support for amd64 processors", in place of "Minimal.."?
The majority of the shipped packages are in 32bit. If you want Full Support, install the amd64 disc, and all the binaries will be in 64 bit goodliness. > My understanding is that, despite some names and discussions including > the "amd64" string, what is said about amd64 support applies to the > Intel (core 2 duo, anyway) processors and environment, as well. Would > you concur? Yes. Intel finally dropped their IA64 line, and went with the system that AMD pioneered. Then Intel called it x86_64 in order to remove credit from AMD for it. > Fedora (and others?) is/are using the "x86_64" term which I interpret as > applying equally to amd64 and core2duo. Anybody wish to correct my > interpretations here? No need to correct that which is already correct. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
