On 3/3/06, Federico Lucifredi <flucifredi@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello guys, > does anyone here know why in RHEL 4 64 AS I am seeing IA32e as a target > instead of the usual x86_64 ? is RedHat considering those synonymous, or > is there any difference between the two I should account for when > managing such packages ? > ia32e is the name Redhat gave to the Intel EM64T platform. This is somewhat compatable with the x86_64 platform - so that in most cases the x86_64 RPMs will run on an EM64T. Noticable differences are the Linux kernel - where the memory controller and NUMA support is different, and packages that use some of the various Intel/AMD specific extensions ie, SSE3 vs. 3Dnow!. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- richard offer @ gmail "Specialization is for insects" _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
