> Hi, > I have one query regarding a blade host. > The server > Os : RHEL5.2 86_64 > kernel : Linux server 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13: > 16:15 EDT 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > release : Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) > This server is a oracle database server. > One of the DBA reported that he is getting the server is of AMD > processor, here is the output he sent > > > SQL> select platform_name from v$database; > PLATFORM_NAME > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Linux 64-bit for AMD > SQL> exit > > But when it is checked in a RHEL4.6 database server (which is 32 > bit server) it is showing correct result as > > SQL> select platform_name from v$database; > PLATFORM_NAME > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Linux IA (32-bit) > > > Can anyone tell me why platform_name is Linux 64-bit for AMD in > rhel5.2 86_64 server? My guess would be because x86-64 stems from AMD's original naming of the architecture. You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64 -greg _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
