From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 1 05:08:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A9B961920; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C03DA87; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t3158WGc043649; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:08:32 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t3158WPX043648; Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:08:32 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201504010508.t3158WPX043648@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: eadler set sender to eadler@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Eitan Adler Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:08:32 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46400 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 05:08:32 -0000 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. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Apr 1 04:58:55 2015 (r46399) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed Apr 1 05:08:31 2015 (r46400) @@ -178,31 +178,28 @@ &arch.amd64; - There are two classes of processors capable of running - &arch.amd64;. The first are AMD64 - processors, including the &amd.athlon;64 and &amd.opteron; - processors. - - The second class of processors includes those using - the &intel; EM64T architecture. Examples of these - processors include all multi-core &intel; &xeon; - processors except Sossaman, the single-core - &intel; &xeon; processors Nocona, Irwindale, Potomac, - and Cranford, the &intel; &core; 2 (not Core - Duo) and later processors, all &intel; &pentium; D - processors, the &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds - using the Cedar Mill core, and some &intel; &pentium; - 4s and Celeron Ds using the Prescott core. - - Both Uniprocessor (UP) and - Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP) - configurations are supported. + This is the most common type of processor desktop and + laptop computers will have. Other vendors may call this + architecture x86-64. + + There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64; + processors: &intel; (which produces + EM64T class processors) and AMD (which + produces AMD64). + + 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. + Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit are supported. All &intel; processors 486 or higher are supported.