Hi, On Tue, 20 Jan 2015, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > ia32 is confusing because ia64 (a well known term) sounds related but > > can't be farther away from it, and it's also vendor specific. Our > > traditional i386 seems better to me (although it has its own problems, > > but I'm not aware of any better abbreviation in the wild that's vendor > > neutral and specifically means the 32bit incarnation of the x86 > > architecture). > > > > The problem with i386 is it is a real processor. When someone says > i386, it isn't clear if it means the processor or 32-bit x86. That's what I meant with its own problems :) But ia32 seems worse to me than this IMO. Ciao, Michael.
