RE: [Xen-devel] VMX status report Nov.29 changset 8090

To:	"Shi, Kuiliang" <kuiliang.shi@xxxxxxxxx>, "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <aball@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	RE: [Xen-devel] VMX status report Nov.29 changset 8090
From:	"Nakajima, Jun" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:06:04 -0800
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Shi, Kuiliang wrote:
> Keir Fraser wrote:
>> On 29 Nov 2005, at 15:39, Andrew D. Ball wrote:
>> 
>>> Please pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by IA32E?  x86_64?
>>> x86 + PAE ?
>> 
>> It's Intel's name for 64-bit mode (or long mode, or x86/64, or
>> whatever you want to call it).
>> 
>>   -- Keir
> 
> IA32E is x86_64 mode, not x86 + PAE, not IA64. It is a official name
> in Intel. :)

IA-32e is the name for an architectural mode; there is no mode like
x86_64. Since IA-32e mode (added by Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology)
operates in one of two sub-modes, i.e. 64-bit mode or compatibility
mode, using "64-bit (mode)" is clearer. 

> 
> Kuiliang
> 


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