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Subject: svn commit: r40095 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
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Author: eadler
Date: Mon Nov 19 13:12:34 2012
New Revision: 40095
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40095

Log:
  Redirect people to more appropriate places rather than replicating
  information  in the FAQ.  This also means that should the information
  change only one source-of-truth need change.
  
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Mon Nov 19 13:12:32 2012	(r40094)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Mon Nov 19 13:12:34 2012	(r40095)
@@ -2046,18 +2046,18 @@
 	  </question>
 
 	  <answer>
-	    <para>Yes.  &os; currently runs on the &intel; x86 and the
-	      AMD64 architectures.  The &intel; EM64T, IA-64, &arm;,
-	      &powerpc;, 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
-	      need something right now, we suggest you look at <ulink
-		url="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</ulink> or <ulink
-		url="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</ulink>.</para>
+	    <para>Yes.  &os; divides support into multiple tiers.
+	      Tier 1 architectures, such as i386 or amd64; are
+	      fully supported.  Tiers 2 and 3 are supported on a
+	      if-possible basis.  A full explanation of the tier
+	      system is available in the
+	      <ulink
+		url="&url.articles.committers-guide;/archs.html">Committer's Guide.</ulink></para>
+
+	    <para>A complete  list of supported architectures can be
+	      found on the
+	      <ulink
+		url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/">platforms page.</ulink></para>
 	  </answer>
 	</qandaentry>