Re: AMD k6 cosmetic problems

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.z.ml.org)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 18:41:34 -0400 (EDT)

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I think this would come down to: ia32/ia64 is too generic to be
trademarked. IntelArchitecture-32bit IntelArchitecture-64bit is the
perfect description of the intel chips and their varrious binary
compatible clones.. If they couldn't trademark 80486 the sure as hell
cant trademark a perfectly good description like ia32..

On Sat, 11 Oct 1997, Alan Cox wrote:

> > The official name for the architecture is ia32. The next
> > architecture is ia64. It would be strange to have i386 or
> > x86 paired up with ia64. Linux ought to use the official
> > name to avoid that problem.
>
> Its never that simple. If ia64 or ia32 is a trademark of Intel for example
> then using it to describe a non intel equivalent CPU would be incorrect...
>
> Alan
>

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