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Date:      Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:21:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Alexander Ziaee" <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Dmitry Morozovsky" <woozle@woozle.net>, "doc-committers" <doc-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-doc-all" <dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 610d2a460e - main - 15.1: Tidy architecture notes
Message-ID:  <E1wq4yK-00017z-2F@rmmprod05.runbox>
In-Reply-To: <6c150d2d-20b8-4609-9032-6600b976ceab@woozle.net>

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On 2026-08-01 04:14 -04:00 EDT, "Dmitry Morozovsky" <woozle@woozle.net> wrote:
> Alexander,
> 
> On 01.08.2026 2:44, Alexander Ziaee wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
>>
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=610d2a460ea374751efe27355b805dd40bbeb86f
>>
>> commit 610d2a460ea374751efe27355b805dd40bbeb86f
>> Author:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2026-07-31 23:42:27 +0000
>> Commit:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2026-07-31 23:42:27 +0000
>>
>>      15.1: Tidy architecture notes
>>      >      CPU architectures have a lot of names,
>>      only use the names we've been using consistently.
> 
> while this change is correct for most contemporary machines, 14.x is an extended release, and will be supported 2+ years from now, hence complete removing i386 seems a bit premature maybe?

This document is exclusively for binary upgrades to FreeBSD 15.1, where i386 is not supported. Unrelated information hurts accessibility.

Best,
Alex

>>      >      Reviewed by:    emaste
>> ---
>>   website/content/en/releases/15.1R/upgrading.adoc | 10 ++++------
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/upgrading.adoc b/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/upgrading.adoc
>> index 1378ccb159..db85cbf995 100644
>> --- a/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/upgrading.adoc
>> +++ b/website/content/en/releases/15.1R/upgrading.adoc
>> @@ -105,9 +105,8 @@ freebsd-update install
>>   +
>>   . **Upgrade the Boot Loader**
>>   +
>> -AArch64 (arm64) systems always use the UEFI boot loader.
>> -On x86 systems (amd64 and i386), run the following command to determine
>> -which boot loader to update:
>> +AArch64 systems always use the UEFI boot loader.
>> +To determine which boot loader to update on AMD64 systems, run the following command:
>>   +
>>   [source,shell]
>>   ----
>> @@ -178,9 +177,8 @@ If they exist, compare them with the deployed version (e.g., `diff /etc/rc.conf
>>   +
>>   . **Upgrade the Boot Loader**:
>>   +
>> -AArch64 (arm64) systems always use the UEFI boot loader.
>> -On x86 systems (amd64 and i386), run the following command to determine
>> -which boot loader to update:
>> +AArch64 systems always use the UEFI boot loader.
>> +To determine which boot loader to update on AMD64 systems, run the following command:
>>   +
>>   [source,shell]
>>   ----
>>
> -- 
> Sincerely,
> D.Marck                                                          [MCK-RIPE]
> [ FreeBSD committer:                                    marck@FreeBSD.org ]
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- woozle@woozle.net ***
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> 
> 

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