From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 14:18:49 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BCB6E9; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gjb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBD7B83F; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r2TEInwX013345; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:49 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from gjb@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.5/Submit) id r2TEInUD013344; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:49 GMT (envelope-from gjb@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201303291418.r2TEInUD013344@svn.freebsd.org> From: Glen Barber Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:49 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r248888 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware X-SVN-Group: stable-9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:18:50 -0000 Author: gjb (doc,ports committer) Date: Fri Mar 29 14:18:49 2013 New Revision: 248888 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/248888 Log: MFC r248857: - Update hardware notes to reflect that amd64 is no longer "young" - Bump copyright year Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml Directory Properties: stable/9/release/doc/ (props changed) stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml ============================================================================== --- stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml Fri Mar 29 14:10:40 2013 (r248887) +++ stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml Fri Mar 29 14:18:49 2013 (r248888) @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 2010 2011 2012 + 2013 The &os; Documentation Project @@ -135,20 +136,13 @@ to &intel; EM64T as 64-bit extension technology or IA-32e. - The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB. - SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably - robust. + Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) + configurations are supported. In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to - &os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. There may be - some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly - older) drivers. Generally, drivers that already function - correctly on other 64-bit platforms should work. - - &os;/&arch.amd64; is a very young platform on &os;. While - the core &os; kernel and base system components are generally - fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges, - particularly with third party packages. + &os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. Generally, + drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit + platforms should work.