freebsd-dev/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/common/intro.sgml

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<sect1 id="intro">
  <title>Introduction</title>

  <para>This document contains the hardware compatibility notes for
  &os; &release.current; on the &arch.print; hardware platform
  (also referred to as &os;/&arch; &release.current;).  It lists
  devices known to work on this platform, as well as some notes on
  boot-time kernel customization that may be useful when attempting to
  configure support for new devices.</para>

  <note>
    <para>This document includes information specific to the &arch.print;
    hardware platform.  Versions of the hardware compatibility notes
    for other architectures will differ in some details.</para>
  </note>

  <para arch="ia64">More information on &os;/&arch; is contained on
    the
    <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/platforms/ia64/index.html">&os;/&arch; 
    Project</ulink> page.</para>

</sect1>