Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Davi <davividal@×××××××××××××.br>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] What to use for a Intel Xeon processor (IA64 or AMD64) ?
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:22:10
Message-Id:	`200704240819.34429.davividal@siscompar.com.br`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] What to use for a Intel Xeon processor (IA64 or AMD64) ? by "Bo Ørsted Andresen"

1	Em Terça 24 Abril 2007 08:07, Bo Ørsted Andresen escreveu:
2	> On Tuesday 24 April 2007 13:02:57 Davi wrote:
3	> > > > I know that Intel Xeon processors have EM64T support, which
4	> > > > means normally full compatibility to AMD64?
5	> > >
6	> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IA64
7	> > >
8	> > > IA64 is Itanium CPUs I think - you should go with amd64.
9	> >
10	> > But Xeon is Itanium's substitute... isn't?
11	>
12	> Not really. em64t is almost identical to amd64 and very different from
13	> ia64.
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15	Sorry... =]
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