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Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/kernel-parameters: use IA-32 tag instead of i386
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Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
> 
> Use documented tag for "IA-32" (not "i386") to indicate which
> kernel parameters apply to IA-32.
> 

We call this architecture "i386" everywhere else.  I think it makes more 
sense to change the documented tag to "i386", especially with Intel 
sometimes calling x86-64 "IA-32e".

	-hpa