From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 23:43:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE8E441C; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 +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 AEA7117E0; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s84NhCWk029912; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 GMT (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gavin@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id s84NhCKH029911; Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 GMT (envelope-from gavin@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201409042343.s84NhCKH029911@svn.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: svn.freebsd.org: gavin set sender to gavin@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Gavin Atkinson Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45547 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 23:43:13 -0000 Author: gavin Date: Thu Sep 4 23:43:12 2014 New Revision: 45547 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45547 Log: Update the i386 platform page to closer reflect the early 21st century. Gently push people towards the amd64 platform, especially for machines with >4GiB RAM. Drop one dead link, and one link to a very outdated page. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Thu Sep 4 21:47:37 2014 (r45546) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Thu Sep 4 23:43:12 2014 (r45547) @@ -16,38 +16,27 @@

Introduction

This page contains information about the FreeBSD/i386 platform. - This architecture supports the largest variety of CPUs since - most home users purchase these machines. If you have a machine - from any large PC company (such as Dell™, HP, or eMachines®) - chances are that you have either an AMD™ or Intel® CPU and thus - fall into this category.

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Table Of Contents

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Latest News

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  • FreeBSD 6.0 and newer no longer supports the original - Intel 80386 CPU; these computers are over seven years - old and are only supported by FreeBSD 5.X and earlier. Note that the - GENERIC kernel only supports 80386 CPUs in FreeBSD 4.X and earlier. -

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Points of Interest

- - + FreeBSD/i386 should support any CPU compatible with the Intel™ + 80486 or better in 32-bit mode, although almost every recent AMD™ + and Intel™ CPU will also be capable of running in 64-bit mode + using the FreeBSD/amd64 + port.

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FreeBSD/i386 supports up to 4GiB of RAM by default. Machines + with more RAM will either need to run + FreeBSD/amd64 or run with + + Physical Address Extension (PAE) enabled in order to make use of + any memory above the 4GiB boundary.

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Status

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FreeBSD/i386 runs in 32-bit multiuser mode, in both + Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor mode.

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The i386 platform is a Tier + 1 FreeBSD platform.