On Wednesday 13 February 2008, KH wrote: > why does > > #ls /usr/src/linux/arch/ > > show > > alpha/ blackfin/ h8300/ m32r/ mips/ ppc/ > sh64/ um/ xtensa/ > arm/ cris/ i386/ m68k/ parisc/ s390/ > sparc/ v850/ > avr32/ frv/ ia64/ m68knommu/ powerpc/ sh/ > sparc64/ x86_64/ > > but not amd64?
You do. It's called x86_64 in kernel-speak :-) gentoo calls it amd64 These days the 32 and 64 bits x86 trees have been merged into one, called x86. The vast majority of the trees were the same with a few differences here and there so a merge was appropriate and easier to maintain. 64 bit x86 is really just an extension of 32 bit in terms of the C code, it certainly isn't, and doesn't warrant, a different arch -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
