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| author | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-12 01:25:54 (EST) |
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| committer | P. J. McDermott <pjm@nac.net> | 2012-01-12 01:25:54 (EST) |
| commit | bcdf94e289a035be8f7e6546823a830861ff0f62 (patch) | |
| tree | 54f49717d0d1fd77c8c5111d7c28d10ca92d0227 | |
| parent | b1724e14a58ea804dc8a15408a86828c4d1de82e (diff) | |
Clarify and add to CPU arch options in arch notes.
| -rw-r--r-- | architecture-notes.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/architecture-notes.txt b/architecture-notes.txt index 8f03a34..f3efebd 100644 --- a/architecture-notes.txt +++ b/architecture-notes.txt @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ four things will affect general binary compatibility: CPU architecture and vendor initial options: - i486-pc (generic IA-32 PCs) - x86_64-pc (generic AMD64 or Intel 64 PCs) - arm*-* (some ARM device) + i486-pc (any CPU with Intel 80486 microarchitecture) + x86_64-pc (any CPU with AMD64 or Intel 64 architecture) + arm*-* (some SoC with a microprocessor implementing some ARM ISA) planned future options: + i586-pc (any CPU with Intel P5 microarchitecture) + i686-pc (any CPU with Intel P6 or any successive microarchitecture) mips*-* powerpc*-* kernel |