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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 00/36] AArch64 Linux kernel port

    On Saturday 2012-07-07 05:53, Olof Johansson wrote:
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    >> ARM introduced AArch64 as part of the ARMv8 architecture
    >
    >With the risk of bikeshedding here, but I find the name awkward. How
    >about just naming the arch port arm64 instead? It's considerably more
    >descriptive in the context of the kernel. For reference, we didn't
    >name ppc64, nor powerpc, after what the IBM/power.org marketing people
    >were currently calling the architecture at the time either.

    But then again, we went with the clumsy "x86_64" instead of the
    well-credited "amd64". :)

    (What was the name IBM used to call their hardware at that time?)


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