[LinuxBIOS] The different term Intel and AMD.

[ron minnich]

On 7/15/07, Feng, Libo <Libo.Feng at amd.com> wrote:
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> Hi, all,
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> I joined AMD not long ago. It seems that there is a little difference in the
> memory term between Intel and AMD.
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> Intel:    virtual memory----------linear memory----------physical memory.
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> AMD:   logical memory--------virtual memory--------------physical memory. In
> AMD, virtual memory and linear memory are the same and exchangeable.
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>                                          or linear memory
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> In LinuxBios community, which term is used?

I think we use the term 'flat memory' for the 32-bit mode we enter on startup.

On K8, we will (sooner or later) be dealing with long mode, and then
it will get complicated, I think.

ron