Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:41:06 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: bc2beb4cf9 - main - Don't use "DMA" as a verb. Message-ID: <202102252241.11PMf6Xe022681@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by jhb: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=bc2beb4cf92685c07df4be8b84f4c549143ed31f commit bc2beb4cf92685c07df4be8b84f4c549143ed31f Author: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-02-25 22:40:24 +0000 Commit: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-02-25 22:40:24 +0000 Don't use "DMA" as a verb. Reported by: Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com> --- website/content/en/releases/13.0R/hardware.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/hardware.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/hardware.adoc index 4aacc6dc98..7d7cb0f3cd 100644 --- a/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/hardware.adoc +++ b/website/content/en/releases/13.0R/hardware.adoc @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ There are a wide variety of motherboards available for this architecture. Mother Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally supported including multi-core and SMT. -FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE) support on CPUs that support this feature. The default kernel supports memory up to 24 gigabytes, but device drivers will use bounce buffers to DMA buffers in memory above 4 gigabytes. A custom kernel with the `PAE` feature enabled will avoid the use of bounce buffers, but disables a few incompatible device drivers. This feature places constraints on other features of FreeBSD which may be used; consult the {{< manpage "pae" "4">}} manual page for more details. +FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE) support on CPUs that support this feature. The default kernel supports memory up to 24 gigabytes, but device drivers will use bounce buffers to access I/O buffers in memory above 4 gigabytes. A custom kernel with the `PAE` feature enabled will avoid the use of bounce buffers, but disables a few incompatible device drivers. This feature places constraints on other features of FreeBSD which may be used; consult the {{< manpage "pae" "4">}} manual page for more details. FreeBSD will generally run on i386-based laptops, desktops, and servers. Support for certain hardware features such as sound, graphics, wireless, and power management may varyhelp
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