From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268156AbUBRV3G (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:29:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268146AbUBRV3G (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:29:06 -0500 Received: from adsl-67-65-232-1.dsl.lgvwtx.swbell.net ([67.65.232.1]:35588 "HELO rooker.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S268156AbUBRV27 (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:28:59 -0500 Message-ID: <000c01c3f666$234298d0$6600a8c0@pixl> From: "Peter Maas" To: Subject: Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:28:23 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hit send too soon... INTEL HAS PUT up a 354 page PDF which describes software developing for the 64 bit extensions that will appear in the Nocona and Prescott processors. > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=14222 > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Ok, > now that Intel has finally come clean about their x86-64 implementation > (see > > http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/index.htm?iid=techtrends+spotlight_64bit > > for full details), can somebody write up a list of differences? I know > there are people who have had access to the Intel docs for a while now, > and obviously Intel is too frigging proud to list the differences > explicitly. > > >From what I can tell from a quick look, it looks like it is basically just > the 3DNow vs SSE3 thing, but I assume there are other details too. Can > people who have been involved with this make a quick list for the rest of > us who only got to see the final details today? > > (And I assume there's somebody with a few patches pending..) > > Thanks, > Linus > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >