The architecture of a channel is not always clear from the channel label. Below is a list that shows the correspondence between channel labels and the official title of the architecture they serve.
|
Channel Label
|
Platform
|
|---|
|
channel-i386-sun-solaris
|
i386 Solaris
|
|
channel-ia32
|
IA-32
|
|
channel-ia64
|
IA-64
|
|
channel-sparc
|
Sparc
|
|
channel-alpha
|
Alpha
|
|
channel-s390
|
IBM S/390
|
|
channel-s390x
|
IBM System z
|
|
channel-iSeries
|
IBM eServer System i
|
|
channel-pSeries
|
IBM eServer System p
|
|
channel-x86_64
|
AMD64 and Intel EM64T
|
|
channel-ppc
|
PPC
|
|
channel-sparc-sun-solaris
|
Sparc Solaris
|
Table C.1. Channel Labels
This is particularly necessary to know for the channel.software.create method.
