Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:48:35 +0000 (UTC) From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r186205 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware Message-ID: <200812170348.mBH3mZ6m056498@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: murray Date: Wed Dec 17 03:48:35 2008 New Revision: 186205 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186205 Log: MFC: r186204 Update the list of Intel chips with EM64T for FreeBSD/amd64 and increase the known maximum memory configuration from 8gb to 32gb. Approved by: re (hrs) Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Wed Dec 17 03:24:55 2008 (r186204) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml Wed Dec 17 03:48:35 2008 (r186205) @@ -92,21 +92,40 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>&intel; 64-bit &xeon; (<quote>Nocona</quote>). - This processor is fabricated on 90nm process technology, and operates - with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and &intel; E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.</para> + <para>All multi-core &intel; &xeon; processors except + Sossaman have EM64T support.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>&intel; &pentium; 4 Processor supporting &intel; EM64T - (<quote>Prescott</quote>). - This is fabricated on 90nm process technology, - uses FC-LGA775 package, and operates with 3.20F/3.40F/3.60F GHz - and &intel; 925X Express chipsets. - The corresponding S-Spec numbers are SL7L9, SL7L8, SL7LA, SL7NZ, SL7PZ, - and SL7PX. Note that processors marked as 5xx numbers do not support - EM64T.</para> + <para>The single-core &intel; &xeon; + processors <quote>Nocona</quote>, <quote>Irwindale</quote>, + <quote>Potomac</quote>, and <quote>Cranford</quote> have + EM64T support.</para> </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>All &intel; Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later + processors</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>All &intel; &pentium; D processors</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>&intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using + the <quote>Cedar Mill</quote> core have EM64T + support.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Some &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using + the <quote>Prescott</quote> core have EM64T support. See + the <ulink url="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel + Processor Spec Finder</ulink> for the definitive answer about + EM64T support in Intel processors.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> <para>&intel; EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and @@ -115,7 +134,7 @@ <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote> or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para> <para>The largest tested - memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been + memory configuration to date is 32GB. SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably robust.</para> <para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to &os;/&arch.i386;, in
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