[H-GEN] linux x86-64 distro for AMD64

[Rob Kearey]

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Tony Nugent wrote:

> But (looking at longer term) it's very beta and unsupported:
>   http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-watch-list/2003-May/msg00001.html

Sure, it's just there to get you started.

> And the redhat amd64 distros only appear to be slotted for
> commercial releases, eg:
>   http://www.amd.com/us-en/Weblets/0,,7832_8366_7595~41287,00.html
>   http://www.redhat.com/archives/amd64-list/2003-May/msg00026.html
>   http://www.redhat.com/archives/amd64-list/2003-May/msg00027.html

Currently, there are only plans to release x86-64 in RHEL form, but that 
can change. If you're going to run heap-um big server, you probably want 
RHEL anyway.

> One question that my reading hasn't answered for me... will the
> opteron natively run ia64-compiled code?  (ie: is the opteron in its
> 64bit mode compatable with the itanium's architecture?)

Completely different architecture - the ia64 is the one that hardciore 
computer scientists desire above all else, x86-64 is the one that 
actually works.

ia64's native 32 bit emulation is unbearably slow, so intel has pretty 
much resorted to writing an ia32 emulator in ia64 :)

> Tony

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