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Re: AMD K6 support
- To: Marc Lehmann <pcg at goof dot com>
- Subject: Re: AMD K6 support
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 02:54:30 +0200 (MET DST)
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Marc Lehmann wrote:
> Indeed, it would be more consistent that way, but what is the "i" in
> i386 if not "intel"? "i" is not even part of the official chip number
> (80386), yet its used in gcc.
Historical note: If I remember correctly, back in the 80s Intel sometimes
called their processors iAPX/80386 or similiar.
> Also it would be less error-prone, as there are other intel clones with
> "386" and "486" in their name.
Fully agreed.
Gerald
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