Re: Linux-2.0.11
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:48:41 +0300 (EET DST)
On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, RHS Linux User wrote:
>
> i have a Intel 6x86 P120Mhz CPU and 64 bit mother board, pci based made by
> amptron.... is there going to be a 64-bit clean version for these 64 bit
> systems that will recognize the fact that they are compiling for ie a 686
> class 64 bit system..... and such......?
The 6x86 is 64-bit the same way my alpha is 256-bit: it only has a 64-bit bus
between the cache and the CPU (and possibly between cache and memory). The
CPU is still 32-bit in every sense of the word. In short, if anybody told you
they sold you a 64-bit system, they were lying.
If you're in the US, you could probably sue them ;-)
Linus