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authormurray <murray@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-17 03:24:55 +0000
committermurray <murray@FreeBSD.org>2008-12-17 03:24:55 +0000
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1. Update the list of Intel chips which have EM64T and can run the amd64
port. 2. Increase the known working maximum memory configuration from 8gb to 32gb. PR: docs/102148 (1) Submitted by: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> (1 - partially) Reviewed by: hrs Approved by: re (hrs) MFC after: 1 minute
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@@ -90,22 +90,40 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&intel; 64-bit &xeon; (<quote>Nocona</quote>). 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.</para>
+ <para>All multi-core &intel; &xeon; processors except
+ Sossaman have EM64T support.</parA>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&intel; &pentium; 4 Processor supporting &intel; EM64T
- (<quote>Prescott</quote>). 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.</para>
+ <para>The single-core &intel; &xeon;
+ processors <quote>Nocona</quote>, <quote>Irwindale</quote>,
+ <quote>Potomac</quote>, and <quote>Cranford</quote> have
+ EM64T support.</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All &intel; Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later
+ processors</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>All &intel; &pentium; D processors</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>&intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using
+ the <quote>Cedar Mill</quote> core have EM64T
+ support.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using
+ the <quote>Prescott</quote> core have EM64T support. See
+ the <ulink url="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel
+ Processor Spec Finder</ulink> for the definitive answer about
+ EM64T support in Intel processors.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
<para>&intel; EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and
@@ -114,7 +132,7 @@
to &intel; EM64T as <quote>64-bit extension technology</quote>
or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
- <para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 8GB.
+ <para>The largest tested memory configuration to date is 32GB.
SMP support has been recently completed and is reasonably
robust.</para>
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