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Re: adding src/README.md



On 10.10.2018 13:02, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
> On 10/10/18 10:32, matthew green wrote:
>> one comment in general, not this specific instance:
>>
>>> - Why "VAX" and "M68k" are capitalized while "arm64" and "amd64" are
>>>     not? Why don't you use "aarch64" instead of "arm64"? How do you
>>>     choose options for build.sh (what happens if they don't have ~/obj)?
>>>     etc.
>>
>> please, use arm64 in any public documentation and avoid using
>> the confusing "aarch64" anywhere that doesn't _need_ it.
>>
>> we don't want to repeat the "amd64" problem where people don't
>> install it on 64 bit intel system because it says amd.
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>>
>> .mrg.
> 
> Then you've got it backwards.  ThunderX2, for example, is not an Arm
> core, it's Cavium's own design.
> 
> The /Architecture/ name is AArch64; it avoids using Arm for precisely
> the reason you state - it causes confusion as to which products support it.
> 
> R.
> 

I agree that we shall use aarch64, as it's the formal ISA name. amd64 is
harder to misunderstand, as Intel 64 is confused with Itanium (I used to
confuse them once in a Linux distro years ago).

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