Re: [Valgrind-users] configure reporting incorrect primary build arch

[Philippe W. <phi...@sk...>]

On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 14:42 -0700, Jacob Goldstein wrote:


>       Primary build arch: amd64
>       Secondary build arch: x86


> I'm running on a MacBook Pro with an Intel i7 CPU (running OS X
> 10.7.4), so I'm not sure why the primary build arch is amd64.

amd64 indicates it is the "intel architecture in 64 bits".

If I am not wrong, it is amd that defined the extension of the x86 to
64 bits, and so that is one (the?) reason to call it amd64.

See also http://www.valgrind.org/info/platforms.html

So, no problem.

Philippe