Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 05:18:47 +0000 (UTC) From: Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r52992 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms Message-ID: <201905090518.x495Ilri046964@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: linimon Date: Thu May 9 05:18:47 2019 New Revision: 52992 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52992 Log: Attempt to bring this page into the current decade, part 1: remove news from 2011 and previous; point to the mailing list rather then grehan, who is now less active; point to the wiki as a better reference of currently supported systems. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml Thu May 9 02:30:56 2019 (r52991) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml Thu May 9 05:18:47 2019 (r52992) @@ -39,22 +39,22 @@ <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html"> Tier 2</a> platform. That means it is not being fully supported by our security officer, release engineers and - toolchain maintainers.</p> + toolchain maintainers. However, it is supported by portmgr (package + building).</p> + <p>The most up-to-date information about supported hardware is currently + being maintained + <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc">on the wiki</a>.</p> + <hr noshade="noshade"/> <h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3> <ul> - <li><strong>05 January, 2011</strong>: Support for the Sony Playstation 3 - has been committed to SVN.</li> - <li><strong>13 July, 2010</strong>: Support for the powerpc64 architecture - added.</li> - <li><strong>03 March, 2008</strong>: Support for Freescale® - PowerQUICC III MPC85XX family system-on-chip development boards - has been committed into CVS.</li> - <li><strong>27 February, 2008</strong>: FreeBSD 7.0 is the first - release to officially support the FreeBSD/ppc port.</li> + <li><strong>05 June, 2019</strong>: FreeBSD has been tested and seems + to work on the + <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc/Raptor/Blackbird">Raptor + Blackbird</a>.</li> </ul> <hr noshade="noshade"/> @@ -96,15 +96,16 @@ <h4><a name="5">Who should I contact?</a></h4> - <p><a href="mailto:grehan@FreeBSD.org">Peter Grehan</a> is the project - leader. Contact him if you can contribute code. If you just want - to know about the status of this project, check this page - regularly or join the - <a href="#list">FreeBSD/ppc mailing list</a>.</p> + <p>The <a href="#list">FreeBSD/ppc mailing list</a> is the main + resource.</p> <hr noshade="noshade"/> <h3><a name="hardware">Supported Hardware</a></h3> + + <p>The most up-to-date information about supported hardware is currently + being maintained + <a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc">on the wiki</a>.</p> <p>The FreeBSD/ppc port should run on any New-World Apple machine (any Apple machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3. A
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