Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/33582: i386 Release notes make no mention of AMD/Cyrix Processor support Message-ID: <200201090940.g099e2N24664@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/33582; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, <dreyenga@telus.net> Cc: Subject: Re: docs/33582: i386 Release notes make no mention of AMD/Cyrix Processor support Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 01:33:09 -0800 The Release Notes are for _changes_ to the OS. AMD/Cyrix support has been in FreeBSD for a long time. Note that the first sentence of the website http://www.freebsd.org is: "...FreeBSD is an advanced operating system for Intel ia32 compatible..." Both Cyrix and AMD claim Intel ia32 compatability on their own CPU documentation. Note that the term "i386" is not a copyrighted term of Intel's and is used as a general industry term for a CPU family of which the Pentium, the Athlon, and the Cyrix CPU's all belong to. The term "i386" is used within the Release notes right at the beginning. If any file should be modified it is the HARDWARE.TXT which lists all specific hardware supported by that version of FreeBSD. This document contains the phrase: "...FreeBSD for the i386 currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA, MCA and PCI bus based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium 4 class machines (though the 386sx is not recommended)..." It could be modified to be: FreeBSD for the i386 currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA, MCA and PCI bus based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium 4 to AMD and Cyrix machines (though the 386sx is not recommended). Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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