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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2007 19:25:17 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it>
Cc:        bublik@estart.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hardware for ia64
Message-ID:  <20070529232516.GA1575@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <465C9ECB.2010908@netfence.it>
References:  <465c983c.1be.30f4.1321004631@estart.com> <465C9ECB.2010908@netfence.it>

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On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 11:44:43PM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> bublik@estart.com wrote:
> >Hi, Guys!
> >
> >Can you tell me if anyone tried to run your OS for IA64 on
> >Intel's Dual cores or cor 2 duos?
> 
> I don't know, but they would have failed: ia64 is for Itaniums.
> 
> 
> >I'm running Vista64 on D, started wondering if your OS will
> >do as well... or should I just try?
> 
> You should use amd64 or i386 depending on your needs.

--
"Hmm, lots of people seem to be confused about the difference between
amd64 and ia64."

"Obviously they've never had an ia64 drop on their foot.  They'd know
the difference then."
                -- Peter Wemm explains CPU architecture
--

Kris



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