IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Mauro
Hello. I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 @ 2.40GHz processors. What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Markus Schönhaber
20.09.2012 09:44, Mauro: > I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 > @ 2.40GHz processors. > What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? AMD64. IA64 is for Itanium processors. You'd know if you had one. -- Regards mks -- To UN

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Mauro
On 20 September 2012 09:53, Markus Schönhaber wrote: > 20.09.2012 09:44, Mauro: > >> I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 >> @ 2.40GHz processors. >> What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? > > AMD64. > IA64

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:44:35 +0200, Mauro wrote: > I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 > @ 2.40GHz processors. > What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? Thank you. The available architectures are detailed and explain

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/20/2012 2:44 AM, Mauro wrote: > Hello. > I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 > @ 2.40GHz processors. > What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? > Thank you. This may be a bit harsh, but it's the glaring truth: your

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Richard Hector
On 21/09/12 09:04, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > You are either: > > 1. Horribly lazy > 2. Incompetent > Or having a bad day, or been dropped in the deep end by the employer, or any one of a number of things we don't know about. Suggesting google or debian.org or whatever is fine, but this is way o

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/20/2012 4:40 PM, Richard Hector wrote: > On 21/09/12 09:04, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> You are either: >> >> 1. Horribly lazy >> 2. Incompetent >> > > Or having a bad day, or been dropped in the deep end by the employer, or > any one of a number of things we don't know about. > > Suggestin

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Stan Hoeppner writes: > On 9/20/2012 4:40 PM, Richard Hector wrote: >> On 21/09/12 09:04, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >>> You are either: >>> >>> 1. Horribly lazy >>> 2. Incompetent >>> >> >> Or having a bad day, or been dropped in the deep end by the employer, or >> any one of a number of things

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-20 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/20/2012 8:43 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > Why do you assume he's doing it for work? If he said something about > being an experienced sysadmin, I missed it. This could easily be a box > he bought as the n'th owner or from ebay or something. The noise level of a DL580 is 52 dBA. 99.999% of pe

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 19:43 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > That he's at that stage now doesn't mean he's an idiot. Even if somebody should be an idiot, I wonder about the intolerance. Isn't it wanted that everybody should use FLOSS? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 23:43 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > It draws about 400-500 watts continuously at idle, up to 900 at load. > 99.999% of people will not tolerate this on the home electric bill. 99.9991% of the people don't have knowledge about this, their motto is "more is better". -- To UN

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Mauro
On 20 September 2012 23:04, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > You are either: > > 1. Horribly lazy > 2. Incompetent Ok, thank you for answer, have a good day ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:04:50 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/20/2012 2:44 AM, Mauro wrote: >> Hello. >> I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 >> @ 2.40GHz processors. >> What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? T

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) > to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we can be > wrong or right as we don't have all the details over the table- but it's > rather discourteous to tell

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should > be self reliant. Only when they search and can't find an answer should > they ask on a mailing list. Especially in this case, when the answer is > so damn eas

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/21/2012 4:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should >> be self reliant. Only when they search and can't find an answer should >> they ask on a mailing list. Especially

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Wayne Topa
On 09/21/2012 05:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should be self reliant. Only when they search and can't find an answer should they ask on a mailing list. Especially in thi

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
self-fulfilling prophecy, one can aim at Godwin's law ;) -- 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/1348265101.1187.2.camel@localhost.localdomain

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Roger B.A. Klorese
On 9/21/12 3:06 PM, Wayne Topa wrote: If one cannot respond with civility and respect, one shouldn't respond at all. How would that help OSS? I wasn't aware I had an obligation to help OSS in order to use it. The list exists to help people use the software, and not primarily to help the so

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - >> You are either: >> >> 1.  Horribly lazy >> 2.  Incompetent > Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) > to say this on the list I agree. I find this list to be very helpful but lately there seems to have been a lot of unnecessar

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - From: Stan Hoeppner > This list, as with most others, is not to be used as a > primary technical support resource.  People should be making at least a > cursory effort to search for information before asking here. Please see the Code of Conduct ( http://www.debian.

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/21/2012 7:05 PM, T Elcor wrote: > - Original Message - > > >>> You are either: >>> >>> 1. Horribly lazy >>> 2. Incompetent > >> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) >> to say this on the list > > I agree. I find this list to be very helpful bu

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/21/2012 7:17 PM, T Elcor wrote: > - Original Message - > > From: Stan Hoeppner > >> This list, as with most others, is not to be used as a >> primary technical support resource. People should be making at least a >> cursory effort to search for information before asking here. > >

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-21 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
T Elcor writes: > - Original Message - > > From: Stan Hoeppner > >> This list, as with most others, is not to be used as a >> primary technical support resource.  People should be making at least a >> cursory effort to search for information before asking here. > > Please see the Code of

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:49 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > T Elcor writes: > >> - Original Message - >> >> From: Stan Hoeppner >> >>> This list, as with most others, is not to be used as a >>> primary technical support resource. People should be making at least a >>> cursory effort to searc

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 7:05 PM, T Elcor wrote: >> - Original Message - >> >> You are either: 1. Horribly lazy 2. Incompetent >> >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) >>> to say this o

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/22/2012 2:38 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > Stan violates these two points of the CoC: > > * The mailing lists exist to foster the development and use of Debian. > Non-constructive or off-topic messages, along with other abuses, are > not welcome. > * Try not to flame; it is not polite. I

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:38:54 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" wrote: Hello Christofer, >* Use common sense all the time. The trouble with that is, the use of the word "common". IME, the sense it talks of is anything *but* common. :-( -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/22/2012 2:45 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > I agree that the OP's question was ... perhaps unenlightened. > However, I don't respond like a jerk to such questions. While > answering the question simply and clearly isn't beneath you, > undignifying yourself by responding in such an unciviliz

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Richard Hector
On 22/09/12 21:18, Stan Hoeppner wrote: The clue bat is "uncivilized" by design. If you're going to hit someone in the gut to get their full attention, and make sure what you're telling them sticks, wrapping the blunt instrument in a big pillow of cotton candy defeats the purpose, doesn't it,

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-22 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:53:21 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > >> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no >> gain) to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and >> we can be wrong or right as we don't have all the d

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/22/2012 7:14 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:53:21 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no >>> gain) to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and >>> we ca

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:23 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/22/2012 7:14 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:53:21 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> >>> On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) to say this

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Rick Thomas
Stan, Calling people names is no way to encourage them to use free software. Rick -- 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/bb13d31f-28c7-47b1-b34c-3c121e74f.

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2012 3:20 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > While one could hope you're wanting this off the list because you've > finally realized how much you've embarrassed yourself, I know that, > sadly, that isn't true. The only thing in this thread that has embarrassed me is the hypocrisy of those, i

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 21. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no > > gain) to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want > > -and we can be wrong or right as we don't have all the deta

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 21. September 2012 schrieb Neal Murphy: > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people > > should be self reliant. Only when they search and can't find an > > answer should they ask on a mailing list

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 21. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > On 9/21/2012 4:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people > >> should be self reliant. Only when they search and can't fin

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Brian
On Fri 21 Sep 2012 at 19:42:03 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 7:05 PM, T Elcor wrote: > > > > If someone deems a question "stupid" and below his level of > > expertise one can always ignore the question, as there is no > > obligation for anyone to answer any questions on this list. Pe

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/23/2012 3:20 AM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > >> While one could hope you're wanting this off the list because you've >> finally realized how much you've embarrassed yourself, I know that, >> sadly, that isn't true. > > The only thing in

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:23:15 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/22/2012 7:14 AM, Camaleón wrote: (...) >>> I disagree. This list, as with most others, is not to be used as a >>> primary technical support resource. People should be making at least >>> a cursory effort to search for information

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-23 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - > From: Stan Hoeppner > Go back and re-read my original reply to the OP.  Then explain to the > list what it was that I said which so compelled you to go to battle. The problem is that you make some questionable assumptions, hold them as absolute truth and then pro

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/23/2012 8:14 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Freitag, 21. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: >> That's how it's supposed to work, but rarely does. Most people these >> days go straight for the mailing list hoping to save themselves the >> time/effort of doing research. This is what th

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/20/2012 2:44 AM, Mauro wrote: > Hello. > I have a HP proliant DL580 G5 server with 4 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E7330 > @ 2.40GHz processors. > What architecture port I've to install, IA64 or AMD64? > If the OP doesn't know to look for the word "Ports" > or "Archite

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-24 Thread Ross Boylan
On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 00:19 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > I think most people know when I swing the cluebat that I'm not trying > to > belittle the person on the receiving end, but simply forcefully > driving > home a point. If I actually intended to hurt someone's feelings I'd > reply off list

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-24 Thread Neal Murphy
On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 02:12:10 AM Ross Boylan wrote: > I wish you would be more civil instead of more clever about being > incivil. Never mind that Miss Manners would be utterly aghast that someone would try to claim the right to behave rudely, impolitely and/or barbarously simply becau

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
ebian >10 years. I also had to find the answer for 'IA64 or AMD64?'. AFAIR I used google and then I grepped /proc/cpuinfo for 'lm'. BTW: We have here many powerful machines out of service, because they are not worth the time for refurbishing. Helmut Wollmersdorfer

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 21.09.2012 um 22:53 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we can be wrong or right as we don't have all the details over the t

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 21.09.2012 um 23:16 schrieb Neal Murphy: If one cannot respond with civility and respect, one shouldn't respond at all. Attitudes like yours drive people away from OSS. Fully ACK. Open Source needs open communication. Helmut Wollmersdorfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-re

RE: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Tóth Tibor Péter
>> Yes, but people don't start with a quad socket DL580. You're right! Some people starts biger than a DL580 :D Ezen üzenet és annak bármely csatolt anyaga bizalmas, jogi védelem alatt áll, a nyilvános közléstől védett. Az üzenetet kizárólag a címzett, illetve az általa meghatalmazottak használ

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Victor Padro
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Tóth Tibor Péter wrote: >>> Yes, but people don't start with a quad socket DL580. > You're right! > Some people starts biger than a DL580 :D > > > Ezen üzenet és annak bármely csatolt anyaga bizalmas, jogi védelem alatt áll, > a nyilvános közléstől védett. Az üzen

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread latinfo
> > Am 21.09.2012 um 22:53 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > >> On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> >>> Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no >>> gain) >>> to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we >>> can be >>> wrong or right as we don't have all

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 03:53:21PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 10:06 AM, Camaleón wrote: > > > Stan, just my personal opinion but I think there's no need (and no gain) > > to say this on the list. We all can think whatever we want -and we can be > > wrong or right as we don't have

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 04:54:26PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/21/2012 4:16 PM, Neal Murphy wrote: > > On Friday, September 21, 2012 04:53:21 PM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> It's not writing style but attitude. My attitude is that people should > >> be self reliant. Only when they search and

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Tony Baldwin
h a quad socket DL580. > > Why not? > > AFAIR it was with the release of Squeeze that I did my first 64 bit > installation after using Debian >10 years. > > I also had to find the answer for 'IA64 or AMD64?'. AFAIR I used > google and then I grepped /proc/

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Jochen Spieker
Tony Baldwin: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:33:45AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: >> >> I also had to find the answer for 'IA64 or AMD64?'. AFAIR I used >> google and then I grepped /proc/cpuinfo for 'lm'. > > Isn't this just a question o

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > Isn't this just a question of whether you have a Pentium/Intel 64bit > processor, or an AMD64? No. That is the point of this thread. The marketing name "Intel 64", also known as "EM64T" *is* AMD64 aka x86-64. All modern Intel Pentiums, Core

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 25. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > I'm direct, often blunt, opinionated, arrogant, and sometimes abrasive. > I admit these character "flaws" and make no apologies for > them. That's who I am. I guess I was made to counterbalance all of > the sugar coating and political corr

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Jochen Spieker
Stan Hoeppner: > > I think most people know when I swing the cluebat that I'm not trying to > belittle the person on the receiving end, but simply forcefully driving > home a point. If I actually intended to hurt someone's feelings I'd > reply off list. That makes it personal. And this is exact

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/27/2012 10:07 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Tony Baldwin: >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:33:45AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: >>> >>> I also had to find the answer for 'IA64 or AMD64?'. AFAIR I used >>> google and then I grepped /proc/cpuinfo

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-27 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday, September 28, 2012 02:35:49 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The only permanent solution to this confusion is for Debian to rename > the IA64 port to "Itanium" and rename the AMD64 port to something like > "AMDINTL64". Something wrong with 'x86_64'? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-r

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 02:52 -0400, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Friday, September 28, 2012 02:35:49 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > The only permanent solution to this confusion is for Debian to rename > > the IA64 port to "Itanium" and rename the AMD64 port to something like > > "AMDINTL64". > > Something

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 28. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > On 9/27/2012 10:07 AM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > > Tony Baldwin: > >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 09:33:45AM +0200, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > >>> I also had to find the answer for 'IA64 or AMD64?'. AFAI

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Freitag, 28. September 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 02:52 -0400, Neal Murphy wrote: > > On Friday, September 28, 2012 02:35:49 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > The only permanent solution to this confusion is for Debian to > > > rename the IA64 port to "Itanium" and rename the

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Jon Dowland
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:35:49AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Maybe we could start some kind of petition for "Itanium" and > "AMDINTL64". I think these tell everyone at a glance what they need to > know when selecting a port, and would completely eliminate the confusion. Itanium will probably

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/28/2012 1:52 AM, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Friday, September 28, 2012 02:35:49 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> The only permanent solution to this confusion is for Debian to rename >> the IA64 port to "Itanium" and rename the AMD64 port to something like >> "AMDINTL64". > > Something wrong with 'x86

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/28/2012 6:30 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > AMDINTL64 seems to long for me. Compared to "kfreebsd-amd64" or "kfreebsd-i386" it's not long at all. Besides, the length is pretty much irrelevant. What matters is that people know exactly what it is by name alone. > I think x86-64 would make s

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/28/2012 7:54 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 01:35:49AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Maybe we could start some kind of petition for "Itanium" and >> "AMDINTL64". I think these tell everyone at a glance what they need to >> know when selecting a port, and would completely el

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:47:55 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: Hello Stan, >name I suggest above allows even the most challenged users to >understand. I disagree. the use of the letters INTL are already established, admittedly in other fields, as representing "International". For one letter, what's

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-29 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/29/2012 4:51 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:47:55 -0500 > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Hello Stan, > >> name I suggest above allows even the most challenged users to >> understand. > > I disagree. the use of the letters INTL are already established, > admittedly in other fiel

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-30 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Sonntag, 30. September 2012 schrieb Stan Hoeppner: > > Having said that, I am aware that something is changing as the > > IA64/AMD64 question is getting asked more frequently these days. > > Whether that's because there are more adopters that are not quite as > > competent as before, I couldn't

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-30 Thread Wolf Halton
How long after end-of-life of the itanium chip will Debian keep the port to IA64? sorry for top-posting; that is how droid does. Wolf Halton http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: wolfhal...@apache.org On Sep 30, 2012 6:40 AM, "Martin Steigerwald" wrote: > Am Sonntag, 30. September 2012 sch

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-09-30 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 9/30/2012 6:02 AM, Wolf Halton wrote: > How long after end-of-life of the itanium chip will Debian keep the port to > IA64? There's no requirement, that I am aware of, that says Debian must wait until EOL of a processor before dropping support for it. Anyone have a link to the "release inclusi

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-10-01 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:47:55 -0500 > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > Hello Stan, > >>name I suggest above allows even the most challenged users to >>understand. > > I disagree. the use of the letters INTL are already established, > admittedly in oth

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 13:32 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Freitag, 28. September 2012 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 02:52 -0400, Neal Murphy wrote: > > > On Friday, September 28, 2012 02:35:49 AM Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > > The only permanent solution to this confusion is

Re: IA64 or AMD64?

2012-10-02 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/1/2012 2:02 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > Agreed, if you where going to change the name, x86-64 makes the most > sense, is the most common name for it in the Linux community (MS users > tend to use x64, which is absurd), and is technically accurate. Actually, x86-64 is no longer technically ac