freebsd-dev/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml
Peter Wemm 89eeb5e516 Update for amd64 so that the devices list is a bit more complete and there
are not quite so many blank sections.

Approved by:  bmah
2003-11-27 18:24:44 +00:00

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<sect1 id="proc">
<title>Supported Processors and Motherboards</title>
<para>&os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print;
(<quote>Hammer</quote>) architecture since mid-2003. It made its
first debut as an experimental release based on &os;
5.1-RELEASE.</para>
<para>As of this writing, this port supports the Athlon64
(<quote>Clawhammer</quote>) and Opteron
(<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>) machines. The largest tested
memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been
recently completed and is reasonably robust.</para>
<para>In many respects, &os;/&arch; is similar to &os;/i386, in
terms of drivers supported. There may be some issues with 64-bit
cleanliness in some (particularly older) drivers. Generally,
drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit platforms
should work.</para>
<para>&os;/&arch; is a very young platform on FreeBSD. While the
core FreeBSD kernel and base system components are generally
fairly robust, there are likely to still be rough edges,
particularly with third party packages.</para>
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