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From: Christopher Walters <cjw2004d@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh?
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:58:28
Message-Id: 498C965C.9000406@comcast.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? by Volker Armin Hemmann
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4 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
5 > On Freitag 06 Februar 2009, Christopher Walters wrote:
6 >
7 >> for 64-bit systems, Debian and its child Ubuntu, have packages compiled to
8 >> use the "generic x86_64" option, so they can be used on an AMD64 and an
9 >> IA64 system. In addition, all kernel options are either directly in the
10 >> kernel, or modules that will eventually be required by some package.
11 >
12 > ugh, sooo wrong.
13 > amd64/x86_64 is the same. Intels emt64 is the clone. IA64 (itanium) is a
14 > completly different beast. Itanium doesn't even run x86 software (well). They
15 > have nothing in common.
16
17 I am well aware that AMD64 and IA64 are different, use different instruction
18 sets, and different kernel configurations (AMD and Intel diverged many years
19 ago). Perhaps I mistyped, or perhaps you misunderstood me, but my main points
20 remain the same. It is not cool to pick one part of a person's message and
21 criticize it, while ignoring the remainder of said message. Especially when
22 said message is supporting your points.
23
24 Regards,
25 Chris
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Gentoo's advantage: 'optimized for your system' -- huh? Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>