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<title>Supported Processors and Motherboards</title>
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2003-06-29 01:10:45 +00:00
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<para>&os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print;
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(<quote>Hammer</quote>) architecture since mid-2003. It made its
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first debut as an experimental release based on &os;
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5.1-RELEASE.</para>
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<para>As of this writing, this port supports the Athlon64
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(<quote>Clawhammer</quote>) and Opteron
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(<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>) machines. The largest tested
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2003-11-27 18:24:44 +00:00
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memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been
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recently completed and is reasonably robust.</para>
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2003-06-29 01:10:45 +00:00
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<para>In many respects, &os;/&arch; is similar to &os;/i386, in
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terms of drivers supported. There may be some issues with 64-bit
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cleanliness in some (particularly older) drivers. Generally,
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drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit platforms
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should work.</para>
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2003-11-27 18:24:44 +00:00
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<para>&os;/&arch; is a very young platform on FreeBSD. While the
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core FreeBSD kernel and base system components are generally
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fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges,
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particularly with third party packages.</para>
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2003-06-27 03:50:36 +00:00
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