On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:07:50 +0000, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 17 February 2010 11:59:05 Camaleón wrote:
>> Debian uses "i386" for naming the whole 32 bits architecture: >> >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en#id3060035 >> >> Other distros use "x86" for i386/i486/i586/i686 packages and "x86_64" >> for 64 bits. Don't ask me why, I didn't decide those names :-) > > I understand what you are saying, and would not argue with it. - but why > then does my system announce itself as i686?? As Jochen already explained, what you are seeing when issuing "uname -a" is the version of the compiled kernel you have installed on your system. So here in Debian, users wanting to use a "32-bits system" (despite the capabilities of their processor) have several choices: *** linux-image-2.6-486 → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i486 processors (quite old micros dated from 1989-1994) linux-image-2.6-686 → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i686 processors (suitable for AMD, Pentium Pro+) linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i686 processors adding support for +4 GiB RAM( PAE) linux-image-2.6-openvz-686 → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i686 processors adding support for openvz virtualization linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i686 processors adding support for vserver virtualization linux-image-2.6-vserver-686-bigmem → a 32-bits kernel optimized for i686 processors adding support for vserver virtualization plus +4 GiB RAM (PAE) *** :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.02.17.15.05...@gmail.com