From owner-dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org Thu Mar 18 22:22:45 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-doc-all@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E46B5AF605 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F1hNj0n6Rz4rk7; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0DC68194D; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 12IMMi56047856; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:44 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 12IMMie8047855; Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:44 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:44 GMT Message-Id: <202103182222.12IMMie8047855@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org From: Warner Losh Subject: git: 78a21ab121 - main - Misc tweaks for arm64 and sparc64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: imp X-Git-Repository: doc X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 78a21ab12134ef50719e8576b0b2c34691c67f6e Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commit messages for all branches of the doc repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:22:45 -0000 The branch main has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=78a21ab12134ef50719e8576b0b2c34691c67f6e commit 78a21ab12134ef50719e8576b0b2c34691c67f6e Author: Warner Losh AuthorDate: 2021-03-18 22:21:09 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh CommitDate: 2021-03-18 22:22:22 +0000 Misc tweaks for arm64 and sparc64 Add arm and arm64 minimal requirements Remove sparc64 reqiurements and VTOC since that's been removed. --- .../content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc index a294000363..c70efeef47 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc @@ -91,19 +91,22 @@ i386:: Older desktops and laptops often use this 32-bit, x86 architecture. + Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit are supported. All Intel(R) processors 486 or higher are supported. +However, binaries released by the project are compiled for the 686 processor, so a special build will be needed for 486 and 586 systems. + FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE) support on CPUs with this feature. A kernel with the PAE feature enabled will detect memory above 4 GB and allow it to be used by the system. However, using PAE places constraints on device drivers and other features of FreeBSD. +arm64:: +Most embedded boards are 64-bit ARM computers. +A number of arm64 servers are supported. + +arm:: +Older armv7 boards are supported. + powerpc:: All New World ROM Apple(R) Mac(R) systems with built-in USB are supported. SMP is supported on machines with multiple CPUs. + A 32-bit kernel can only use the first 2 GB of RAM. -sparc64:: -Systems supported by FreeBSD/sparc64 are listed at the link:https://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/sparc/[FreeBSD/sparc64 Project]. -+ -SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor. A dedicated disk is required as it is not possible to share a disk with another operating system at this time. - [[bsdinstall-pre]] == Pre-Installation Tasks @@ -505,9 +508,6 @@ GPT is usually the most appropriate choice for amd64 computers. Older computers |MBR |Master Boot Record (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record]). - -|VTOC8 -|Volume Table Of Contents used by Sun SPARC64 and UltraSPARC computers. |=== After the partitioning scheme has been selected and created, select btn:[Create] again to create the partitions. The kbd:[Tab] key is used to move the cursor between fields.