On 7/9/07, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Do I need the ia64, the amd64, or something else? > > Well, who makes the Xeon? I'd go with the kernel for that chipset. > > Hint: AMD does not make the Xeon ;) > iaXX stands for Intel Architecture where the XX is number of bits...
As I understand it, the Intel Xeon 64 bit CPUs are EM64T, not IA64. The only IA64 CPU I know of is the Itanium. An AMD64 kernel should be appropriate on an EM64 machine. To the best of my knowledge, an IA64 kernel won't work at all. amd64 = em64 = x86-64[1], I believe it's generally referred to as amd64 because AMD beat Intel to market with a widely used x86 compatible 64-bit CPU. [1] for certain values of "=" -- Chip Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kyzoku.2bithacker.net/ GCM/IT d+(-) s+:++ a26>? C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N@ o K- w O M+ V-- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+@ R@ tv@ b++@ DI++++ D+(-) G++ e>++ h>++ r-- y? _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/