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Re: [ping] Re: proper name of i386/x86-64/etc targets
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Michael Matz <matz at suse dot de>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>, Jan Hubicka <hubicka at ucw dot cz>, GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:21:09 -0800
- Subject: Re: [ping] Re: proper name of i386/x86-64/etc targets
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Sandra Loosemore
<sandra@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On 01/20/2015 11:40 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Sandra Loosemore
>> <sandra@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since there seems to be arguments against using both "IA-32" and "i386"
>>> for
>>> the 32-bit x86 architecture, how about, uh, "32-bit x86"? With the other
>>> names in parentheses where appropriate? I think we could also ignore the
>>> 16-bit x86 variants for the purposes of GCC and just use "x86" instead of
>>> "i386 and x86-64".
>>>
>>
>> Please don't invent a new name. It may confuse people.
>
>
> On 01/20/2015 12:02 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ping? Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>> x86 for the family and x86-32/x86-64 for the 2 architectures?
>>>
>>
>> Works for me.
>
>
> Ummm, this seems like an inconsistent position. "32-bit x86" isn't even a
> new name; it's a restricting adjective "32-bit" on the existing name "x86".
> But "x86-32" isn't an existing real name for anything, as far as I can tell.
>
> -Sandra
>
"x86-32" is mentioned in
http://www.lyberty.com/tech/terms/x86_WHAT-IS_.html
http://superuser.com/questions/186503/is-x86-32-bit-or-64-bit
https://forums.digitalpoint.com/threads/what-does-x64-and-x86-mean.674631/
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H.J.