[Info-vax] VMware

Robert A. Brooks FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com
Thu Dec 12 11:24:58 EST 2019


On 12/12/2019 11:18 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 12/12/19 8:17 AM, John Reagan wrote:
>> From the current set of Intel docs:
>>
>> "IA-32" is the traditional 32-bit i386 architecture.
>>
>> "Intel 64" is the 64-bit x86-64 architecture.
> 
> *facepalm*
> 
> So "I64" could be s shortening of that to be Intel's 64-bit x86.
> 
> The missing "A" being critical.
 
Not necessarily.

This is on a node running a VSI version of VMS
Yeah, we need to fix the identification string.

NCP>show exec char


Node Volatile Characteristics as of 12-DEC-2019 11:18:57

Executor node = 1.149 (BROOKS)

Identification           = HP DECnet for OpenVMS I64

[...]


I suspect there are other places where "I64" is used on an IA64 system.

-- 

                      -- Rob



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