From 035ab4af602a8696341094a145cb3ad7d0e42317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hiroki Sato Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:36:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update the supported platforms. --- .../hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml | 54 ++++++++++++++++--- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml | 14 ++--- 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml index 2c0989ae24ec..0c4ec8418a54 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/amd64/proc-amd64.sgml @@ -4,14 +4,54 @@ Supported Processors and Motherboards - &os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print; - (Hammer) architecture since mid-2003. It made its - first debut as an experimental release based on &os; - 5.1-RELEASE. + Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print; + (Hammer) and Intel EM64T architecture, + and is now one of the Tier-1 platforms (fully + supported architecture), which are expected to be Production + Quality with respects to all aspects of the &os; operating system, + including installation and development environments. - As of this writing, this port supports the Athlon64 - (Clawhammer) and Opteron - (Sledgehammer) machines. The largest tested + Note that there are two names for this architecture, + AMD64 (AMD) and Intel EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit Technology). + 64-bit mode of the two architectures are almost compatible + with each other, and &os;/&arch; should support the both. + + As of this writing, the following processors are + supported: + + + + AMD Athlon64 (Clawhammer). + + + + AMD Opteron (Sledgehammer). + + + + Intel 64-bit Xeon (Nacona). + 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. + + + + Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T + (Prescott). + 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. + + + + Intel EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and + different from Intel IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which &os;/ia64 + supports. Some Intel's old documentation refers to Intel EM64T as + 64-bit extension technology or IA-32e. + + The largest tested memory configuration to date is 8GB. SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably robust. diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml index bcea708af387..1546a0f5ce0b 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml @@ -50,12 +50,14 @@ About &os; &os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for - Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen x86 based PC - hardware (&i386;), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles - (pc98), DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha computers (alpha), - and &ultrasparc; machines (&sparc64;). Versions - for the IA64 (ia64), &powerpc; (&powerpc;), and AMD - Hammer (amd64) architectures are currently under + DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha), + AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), + Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen x86 based PC hardware (i386), + Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), + NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), + and &ultrasparc; machines (sparc64). Versions + for the &powerpc; (powerpc), and &mips; (mips) + architectures are currently under development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything from software development to games to Internet Service