cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 identcpu.c

[David O'Brien]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 06:48:33PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > BTW, it's pretty funny that all x86-64 machines will forever be
> > running the amd64 kernel (including Linux).  AMD must have had some
> > inside information about the release cycle before changing the name.
> 
> It's my understanding that it was Microsoft that was originally behind 
> the change from x86-64 to amd64.  
> Its interesting that their 
> most recent release that has 'windows for extended 64 bit systems' 

Now those are the folks who had some inside information....