Re: [PATCH] cpu detection fixes for test10-pre4

From: H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Date: Fri Oct 27 2000 - 16:14:03 EST

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Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > True enough, personally I prefer "x86".
> >
> > ia32 is the official name. OTOH, i[3-6]86 _are_ different beasts...
>
> ia32 is an intel trademark. Using it for non intel products is probably an
> actionable matter ..
>

Yet another reason to ignore it.

-hpa

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