Re: Regarding 64 bit machine

Actually, there was a "Windows XP 64-bit Edition" client SKU which was for Itanium, ill-fated as it was. It was rather quickly discontinued by Microsoft and is not supported anymore.

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"qwert" <qwert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3FA87496-1720-4779-A12E-5DA9AC2437AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
Thanks for the info.I have few more doubts.I am new to this.
1.Right now I have intel 64 bit processor(Processor - EM64T ) and windows
server 2003 x64 edition.For this I used server 2003 x64 build in wdk.It
works.can I install windows xp x64 edition in a EM64T machine.For this the
build is again server 2003 x64 build(If I am correct)????????
2.
WindowsXp-x64 is the Client SKU of the Win2003-Sp1 code-base,
and, it's for AMD64. There was no release of a client SKU of the
Win2003 OS for the Itanium platform, only the server SKU was released.
[I could speculate over the existence of WinXp-IA64, but, that product
was deemed not-supported before WinXp-SP2 was released.]

Does the above statement mean that Itanium architectures are only used for
servers right now????
so the os in this case will always be windows server 2003.
Am I correct??
we cannot install windows xp x64 edition which is available now on a itanium
architecture machine but it can be installed in EM64T machine.
please clear my doubt.

I am a bit confused.

THANKS IN ADVANCE


"Ivan Brugiolo [MSFT]" wrote:

The DDK supports building for 3 architectures,
the 3 architectures for which there are versions of Win2003/WinXp.
Those architectures are, in strict DDK jargon: `i386`, `AMD64`, `IA64`.
Implementation of those architectures have different names and marketing
names.
For example, `AMD64` is called `x64` in marketing terms, and, CPUs that
implement
that architecture are, for example, the Athlon64, Operton,
Turion64, Core Duo 2, Pentium4-EM64T.
For the IA64, the story it's simpler. It's marketing name is Itanium,
and the only chip available nowadays is the `Itanium-2`.

AMD64 and IA64 architecture can run most of the i386 user-mode binaries
under the wow64 environment, but, they cannot run device drivers compiled
for i386.

You need to understand if your customer has a machine that falls
into the `AMD64` bucket or into the `IA64` bucket.
Then, select the right build environment.
Intel produces both `amd64` and `ia64` chips
(under a rather confusing set of names, IMHO), so,
it's not clear what your customer has.

WindowsXp-x64 is the Client SKU of the Win2003-Sp1 code-base,
and, it's for AMD64. There was no release of a client SKU of the
Win2003 OS for the Itanium platform, only the server SKU was released.
[I could speculate over the existence of WinXp-IA64, but, that product
was deemed not-supported before WinXp-SP2 was released.]

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"qwert" <qwert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3E56B93F-DFD9-4BD2-8A1A-89A022D4B6F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have a driver that is build for xp windows x64 edition,with amd 64 > bit
> processor.
> For this I used windows server 2003 x64 free build in wdk environment.
> For intel 64 bit processor should I build the driver again in IA64
> environment ??
>
> I am using an application that links with some of the libs in wdk.
> My customer wants 1 application for 32 bit processor and 1 application > 64
> processor.when I see wdk folders I see there are 3
> folders(ia64,amd64,i386)
> so basically I have three libs,for example if I try to link hid.lib to > my
> application I have 3 hid.lib s in these folders.cant I use the hid.lib > in
> amd64 for a intel 64 bit processor with windows xp x64 edition os.will > it
> work.I dont have the machine to check right now.
> cant I have one common application ?
>
>
>




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