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From: Mike Owen <kyphros@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on xeon with 64 bits extention
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 17:03:25
Message-Id: 8f5ca2210601120859y1a35b16g9c67808c3c779321@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] gentoo on xeon with 64 bits extention by Catalin Neagoe
1 On 1/12/06, Catalin Neagoe <kta@××××××.ro> wrote:
2 > Hi folks,
3 >
4 > Anyone knows if there is gentoo for xeon with 64 bits extention?
5 > 'cause I've seen that there are only amd_64,ppc64 and sparc64 gentoo
6 > versions.
7 > Am I wrong?
8 >
9 > Thank you.
10 >
11 > --
12 > Catalin
13
14 Even though it's called "amd64", it's for all x86_64 machines. I
15 believe at one time it was actually called x86_64, but then because
16 amd was the only one with an x86 compatible CPU, it was renamed to
17 amd64.
18
19 So yes, use the amd64 profile even though it's an em64t machine.
20
21 Mike
22
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