Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:41:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r203527 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware Message-ID: <201002051641.o15GfJ2Y093928@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: nwhitehorn Date: Fri Feb 5 16:41:19 2010 New Revision: 203527 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/203527 Log: Add a description of supported PowerPC hardware to the hardware notes. Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Fri Feb 5 15:03:43 2010 (r203526) +++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Fri Feb 5 16:41:19 2010 (r203527) @@ -316,8 +316,51 @@ <sect2 id="proc-powerpc"> <title>powerpc</title> - <para>The information for this paragraph has yet to be - compiled.</para> + <para>This section describes the systems currently known to be + supported by &os; on the PowerPC platform. This list is not + exhaustive.</para> + + <para>In general, all New World architecture Apple hardware + is supported, as well a limited selection of non-Apple + machines.</para> + + <para>All systems listed below are fully supported, with the + exception that software fan control is currently missing on + the Power Macintosh G5. SMP is supported on all systems with + more than 1 processor.</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Apple iMac</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple Power Macintosh G4</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple Power Macintosh G5 (non-970MP models)</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple iBook</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple PowerBook G4</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple XServe G4</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple XServe G5</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Apple Mac Mini</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Embedded boards based on MPC85XX</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </sect2> <sect2 id="proc-sparc64">
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