Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 12:34:35 +0200 From: "Gabor PALI" <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/123973: [patch] Update Supported Architectures in FAQ Message-ID: <483940bd.1438560a.6901.ffff8e1a@mx.google.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200805251040.m4PAe1JV025928@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 123973
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] Update Supported Architectures in FAQ
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun May 25 10:40:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gabor PALI
>Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy@disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386
>Description:
The FreeBSD FAQ is getting old in the sense of description of supported
architectures. Because support for Alpha is officially removed in FreeBSD
7.X and many new platforms are introduced since the last update, I think
the parts referring to them should be updated.
I created a patch to formulate this.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- books.faq.patch.10.diff begins here ---
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.811
diff -u -r1.811 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 12 Apr 2008 20:13:12 -0000 1.811
+++ book.sgml 25 May 2008 09:08:00 -0000
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
<answer>
<para>Briefly, FreeBSD is a &unix; like operating system for
- the Alpha/AXP, AMD64 and &intel; EM64T, &i386; IA-64,
- PC-98, and &ultrasparc; platforms
+ AMD64 and &intel; EM64T, &i386; PC-98, IA-64, &arm;, &powerpc;
+ and &ultrasparc; platforms
based on U.C. Berkeley's <quote>4.4BSD-Lite</quote>
release, with some <quote>4.4BSD-Lite2</quote>
enhancements. It is also based indirectly on William
@@ -1952,9 +1952,7 @@
<programlisting>options PAE</programlisting>
<para>&os;/pc98 has a limit of 4 GB memory, and PAE can not
- be used with it. On &os;/alpha, the limit on memory depends
- on the type of hardware in use - consult the Alpha Hardware
- Release Notes for details. Other architectures
+ be used with it. Other architectures
supported by &os; have much higher theoretical limits on
maximum memory (many terabytes).</para>
</answer>
@@ -2137,13 +2135,11 @@
<answer>
- <para>Yes. FreeBSD currently runs on the Intel x86 and DEC
- (now Compaq) Alpha architectures. As of FreeBSD 5.0, the
- AMD64 and Intel EM64T, IA-64, and &sparc64; architectures
- are also supported. Upcoming platforms are &mips; and
- &powerpc;, join the &a.ppc; or the &a.mips; respectively
- for more information about ongoing work on these
- platforms. For general discussion on new architectures,
+ <para>Yes. FreeBSD currently runs on the Intel x86 and the AMD64
+ architectures. The Intel EM64T, IA-64, &arm;, &powerpc;, sun4v and
+ &sparc64; architectures are also supported. Upcoming platforms are &mips;
+ and &s390;, join the &a.mips; for more information about ongoing work on
+ the &mips; platform. For general discussion on new architectures,
join the &a.platforms;.</para>
<para>If your machine has a different architecture and you
@@ -4179,7 +4175,7 @@
license allows them to be used in closed-source software.
Contact <link linkend="apps2go">Apps2go</link> for the
least expensive ELF &motif; 2.1.20 distribution for FreeBSD
- (either &i386; or Alpha).<anchor id="apps2go"></para>
+ (&i386;).<anchor id="apps2go"></para>
<para>There are two distributions, the <quote>development
edition</quote> and the <quote>runtime edition</quote> (for
--- books.faq.patch.10.diff ends here ---
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