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Subject: svn commit: r248919 - releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware
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Author: gjb (doc,ports committer)
Date: Fri Mar 29 21:26:33 2013
New Revision: 248919
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/248919

Log:
  MFC r248857:
   - Update hardware notes to reflect that amd64 is no longer "young"
   - Bump copyright year
  
  Approved by:	re (delphij)

Modified:
  releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml
Directory Properties:
  releng/8.4/release/doc/   (props changed)
  releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/   (props changed)

Modified: releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml	Fri Mar 29 21:23:47 2013	(r248918)
+++ releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml	Fri Mar 29 21:26:33 2013	(r248919)
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       <year>2010</year>
       <year>2011</year>
       <year>2012</year>
+      <year>2013</year>
       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
     </copyright>
 
@@ -135,20 +136,13 @@
 	to &intel; EM64T as <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote>
 	or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
 
-      <para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB.
-	SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably
-	robust.</para>
+      <para>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP)
+	configurations are supported.</para>
 
       <para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to
-	&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported.  There may be
-	some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly
-	older) drivers.  Generally, drivers that already function
-	correctly on other 64-bit platforms should work.</para>
-
-      <para>&os;/&arch.amd64; is a very young platform on &os;.  While
-	the core &os; kernel and base system components are generally
-	fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges,
-	particularly with third party packages.</para>
+	&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported.  Generally,
+	drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit
+	platforms should work.</para>
 
     </sect2>