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Re: What to call Intel ia32e processor?
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:10:15 -0700 law@redhat.com wrote:
| In message <20040227095313.774f51d2.rddunlap@osdl.org>, "Randy.Dunlap" writes:
| >On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:34:13 -0800 H. J. Lu wrote:
| >
| >| We'd like to add a new target to gcc for Intel ia32e processor. But
| >| we couldn't find a suitable name. We don't want to use pentium4xxxx.
| >| The first ia32e processor has the code name Prescott. But not all
| >| Prescott processors support ia32e. We can use ia32e-os. But ia32e
| >| is an instruction set and there will be more processors implementing
| >| ia32e. Does anyone have any suggestions?
| >
| >Should it be very processor-specific?
| >
| >If not, how about ix8664 or ix64?
| >
| >Or are those too confusing due to other similar names?
| >
| >or ix86et?
| Or "x86-64" :-)
Sure, that works for me. I don't know what HJ's reasons are;
it sounds like he wants/needs a unique id ???
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~Randy