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authorjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2004-11-17 23:03:17 +0000
committerjhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org>2004-11-17 23:03:17 +0000
commit29914bf7438d9cb8cc167e0d86f15e0d61635b26 (patch)
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parentcd6af352fefb043aad4de1e197239bf54b0f4b3f (diff)
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Update release notes to note that FreeBSD/i386 requires at least an 80486
and also requires a floating point unit. Reviewed by: hrs, scottl
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml10
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml
index 8e37741..d528640 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
list all combinations of equipment supported by &os;.
Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here.</para>
- <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors are supported. All
- Intel processors beginning with the 80386 are supported, including
- the 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
+ <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit
+ are supported. All
+ Intel processors beginning with the 80486 are supported, including
+ the 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III,
Pentium 4, and variants thereof, such as the Xeon and Celeron
- processors. (However, &os; 5.2-RELEASE and later no longer support
- the 80386SX processor.) All i386-compatible AMD
+ processors. All i386-compatible AMD
processors are also supported, including the Am486, Am5x86, K5, K6
(and variants), Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4,
and Athlon Thunderbird), and Duron processors. The AMD
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml
index f730eba..7a73151 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<title>Supported Systems</title>
<para>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all i386-compatible processors,
- including 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants.
+ including 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants.
All i386-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT
are also supported.</para>
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