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[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 23 February 2005 05:04 pm, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 01:10:12PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> > On Wednesday 23 February 2005 03:19 am, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 06:04:43PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > > >  Log:
> > > > >  Add 'nocona' to the list of Intel ia64 CPUs and k8 to the AMD
> > > > > CPUs.
> > > >
> > > > Nocona is not an ia64 processor. It's a xeon (=ia32) processor with
> > > > EM64T.
> > >
> > > It isn't "with EM64T".  Or was the i386 an "80286 with registers" as
> > > something special?  A Nocona is a 64-bit Xeon.
> >
> > Actually, a 386 was a 286 with paging at first. :)  A Xeon is certainly
> > an ia32 processor (esp. when compared to ia64), and just as paging was an
> > extension to the protected mode already present in the 286, one can think
> > of long mode as an extension of 386 protected mode with PAE.
>
> Yes, and was there a huge marketing compain to call it "286 with Paging
> Technology"?  No.  It was simply the "i386".
>
> > Take a chill pill,
> > his e-mail didn't even contain the word "AMD" and you still flew off the
> > handle.
>
> Sorry, didn't realize I needed to see the world "AMD" in an email to be
> able to respond to an email.  It is ridiculous the amount of confusion
> Intel is causing EM64T users.

I think you are seeing Intel marketing demons behind every shadow when they 
actually aren't there all the time and jumping down people's throats at the 
mere mention of anything related to Intel + amd64.  The sky is not falling, 
please slow down and calm down.

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