From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 3 16:59:56 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AFF8E12; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (bigwig.baldwin.cx [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:75::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42091344; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 16:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ralph.baldwin.cx (pool-173-54-116-245.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net [173.54.116.245]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 35378B913; Fri, 3 Apr 2015 12:59:55 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin To: Eitan Adler Subject: Re: svn commit: r46400 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:51:09 -0400 Message-ID: <2293373.FuObg3DdlU@ralph.baldwin.cx> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.2 (FreeBSD/10.1-STABLE; KDE/4.14.2; amd64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <201504010508.t3158WPX043648@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201504010508.t3158WPX043648@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:59:55 -0400 (EDT) Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:59:56 -0000 On Wednesday, April 01, 2015 05:08:32 AM Eitan Adler wrote: > Author: eadler > Date: Wed Apr 1 05:08:31 2015 > New Revision: 46400 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46400 > > Log: > Minimum Hardware Requirements: installation instructions > > Sacrifice some technical pedanticness to simplify the description of amd64 and > i386. For the users whom are actually confused as to which system they should > use, using more plain language (such as 32-bit vs 64-bit) and referencing the > vendors directly would be more helpful. > > Also, stop mentioning that both UP and SMP are supported. OpenBSD finished that > project in 2004. Mostly looks good, some nits: > + There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64; > + processors: &intel; (which produces > + EM64T class processors) and AMD (which > + produces AMD64). IIRC, Intel uses "Intel64" not "EM64T" nowadays. I think EM64T was actually relatively short lived. > + Examples of &arch.amd64; compatible processsors > + include: &amd.athlon;64, &amd.opteron;, > + multi-core &intel; &xeon;, and > + &intel; &core; 2 and later processors. > > > > > &arch.i386; > > + This architecture is the 32-bit version of the > + &arch.amd64; archiecture. architecture is misspelled, but saying this is the 32-bit version of amd64 isn't really quite right either. You wouldn't say that a manual was the simpler version of an automatic transmission. I would probably say "32-bit x86 architecture". -- John Baldwin