- Update hardware notes to reflect that amd64 is no longer "young"[1]
- Bump copyright year Patched by: skreuzer
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<year>2010</year>
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<year>2011</year>
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<year>2012</year>
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<year>2013</year>
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<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
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</copyright>
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to &intel; EM64T as <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote>
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or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
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<para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 64GB.
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SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably
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robust.</para>
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<para>Both Uniprocessor (UP) and Symmetric Multi-processor (SMP)
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configurations are supported.</para>
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<para>In many respects, &os;/&arch.amd64; is similar to
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&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. There may be
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some issues with 64-bit cleanliness in some (particularly
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older) drivers. Generally, drivers that already function
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correctly on other 64-bit platforms should work.</para>
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<para>&os;/&arch.amd64; is a very young platform on &os;. While
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the core &os; 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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&os;/&arch.i386;, in terms of drivers supported. Generally,
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drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit
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platforms should work.</para>
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