Re: question about x86

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Thank you guys.

On 7/29/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 07/29/2007 06:32 PM, Ramagudi Naziir wrote:
> > and the x86-64 kernel arch is Intel's EM64T extension to the IA32 architecture
> > (which has the IA-32e mode and its two sub-modes: 64-bit and
> > compatibility) ?
>
> Right sure, but not fair. It's the AMD64 architecture, which is IA32 + AMD's
> 64-bit extensions to that architecture that Intel adopted under the name EM64T.

I wonder why *this* is not explained in Intel's IA32 software
developer's manual ;)

naziir.

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