Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Josh Hunholz <josh@×××××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Gentoo and Xeon CPUs
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 16:21:46
Message-Id: 16381.129.33.49.251.1115223891.squirrel@129.33.49.251
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Gentoo and Xeon CPUs by Joby Walker
1 > IA64 is not the Intel equivalent of amd64. IA64 is the Itanium line,
2 > which is a completely different 64bit architecture. IIRC the Intel
3 > Xeons are "EM64T". Until there is a specific build for it, I'd just use
4 > the amd64 livecd and stages.
5
6 You are correct in this. ia64 is completely different from amd64. The
7 Itanium line is geared much more towards extremely high end servers (like
8 the IBM x455 series) that need processors with mega-huge cache!]
9
10 --Josh Hunhol
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