linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc/kernel-parameters: use IA-32 tag instead of i386

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:41:55 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc/kernel-parameters: use IA-32 tag instead of i386

On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 22:41:52 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 22:05:34 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > Use documented tag for "IA-32" (not "i386") to indicate which
> > kernel parameters apply to IA-32.
> 
> mv arch/i386 arch/ia32 ;)
> 
> Seriously, is there any point in this?  Kernel uses the i386 terminology
> and surely there's no confusion over what that represents.

Just that Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt explains what
"IA-32" means when it is used on kernel parameter descriptions:

	IA-32	IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.

Our docs need some work.  No news there.

hpa wrote:
| We call this architecture "i386" everywhere else.  I think it makes more 
| sense to change the documented tag to "i386", especially with Intel 
| sometimes calling x86-64 "IA-32e".

Sounds reasonable.

Alan wrote:
| NAK. IA-32 is an Intel specific term, and I believe a protected mark at
| that.

OMG, quick, please send a patch for Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.
(big ;)

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~Randy
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