[jsdl-wg] One Last Batch of Technical Queries

[Andreas Savva]

Since there were no objections to Steve's proposal I'll assume we closed 
this issue and update the spec. accordingly.

Andrew Stephen McGough wrote:
> This is a simple list folks - all we need to make sure is that we 
> clearly define what each item means. So come one come all!
> 
> Some ideas for defs:
> 
> x86 : Intel Based architecture derived from the 8086 chip set
> x86_32 : an x86 processor capable of 32bit processing mode
> x86_64 : an x86 processor capable of 64bit processing mode
> ia64 : The Intel architecture 64bit processor
> 
> steve..
> 
> Christopher Smith wrote:
> 
>>On 3/6/05 03:37, "Michel Drescher" <Michel.Drescher at uk.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>On 3 Jun 2005, at 11:22, Donal K. Fellows wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>>Processor Architectures (Table 4-2 in 4.2.2.1)
>>>>   Should 'x86' really be called 'ia32'? (I don't really care.)
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>'x86' is no doubt the more common term - to be honest, only a small
>>>faint bell is ringing for ia32, and I am really not sure if this term
>>>really exists. All tools, programs and descriptions I know (i.e. the
>>>GNU tools collection) do all use x86 and ia64 to separate 32 bit and 64
>>>bit architectures.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>Should we also add the (ever so popular) x86_64 to the
>>ProcessorArchitectureEnumeration? ia64 really only describes Itanium.
>>
>>-- Chris
>>
>>
>>  
>>
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