AMD and 2.6 kernel

[Milan Keršláger]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 07:40:43AM +0300, sting sting wrote:
> Hello,
> I am reposting this message because the subject was erronously omitted;
> I had looked in the kernel 2.6 source tree for sources of AMD 64 bit 
> implementation
> and I could not find; for example, under "arch", there are some folders of
> different cpu types (like PPC,ARM,etc.) but there is no folder which is 
> named AMD.
> 
> There is x86_64 folder under arch (and inside there is ia32) which I 
> suspect may be the one
> but I am not sure.
> Can anybody shed a little light on it ?
> 
> 
> Why there is no "AMD-64" folder?
> or : where are the AMD 64 sources in the 2.6 kernel tree ?

The x86_64 name is the generic name (non-vendor-depended). As there will
be Intel compatible CPU in a near future, nobody want to switch to AMD64
name at this time IMHO.

It's a little bit confusing, yes.

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