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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2007-09-08 22:34:44 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2007-09-08 22:34:44 +0000
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Add a note about sparc64 needing to use serial consoles, due to
unusability of OFW consoles. [1] Try to use trademark entities where appropriate in the "Supported Processors" section. Submitted by: kris [1] Approved by: re (implicitly)
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
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--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
<year>2007</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
+
+ <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
+ &tm-attrib.freebsd;
+ &tm-attrib.amd;
+ &tm-attrib.ibm;
+ &tm-attrib.intel;
+ &tm-attrib.sparc;
+ &tm-attrib.sun;
+ &tm-attrib.general;
+ </legalnotice>
+
</articleinfo>
<sect1 id="intro">
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@
<title>amd64</title>
<para>Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch.amd64; has supported the AMD64
- (<quote>Hammer</quote>) and Intel EM64T architecture,
+ (<quote>Hammer</quote>) 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,
@@ -72,34 +83,34 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>AMD Athlon64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
+ <para>&amd.athlon;64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>AMD Opteron (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
+ <para>&amd.opteron; (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Intel 64-bit Xeon (<quote>Nacona</quote>).
+ <para>&intel; 64-bit &xeon; (<quote>Nacona</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>
+ with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and &intel; E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T
+ <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.
+ 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>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>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
+ <para>&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
<quote>64-bit extension technology</quote> or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
<para>The largest tested
@@ -128,17 +139,17 @@
list all combinations of equipment supported by &os;.
Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here.</para>
- <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit
+ <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. 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
+ &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. All &i386;-compatible AMD
+ processors are also supported, including the &am486;, &am5x86;, K5, &amd.k6;
+ (and variants), &amd.athlon; (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4,
+ and Athlon Thunderbird), and &amd.duron; processors. The AMD
&Eacute;lan SC520 embedded processor is supported. The Transmeta
- Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are i386-compatible
+ Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are &i386;-compatible
processors from Cyrix and NexGen.</para>
<para>There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this
@@ -153,7 +164,7 @@
&a.smp; may yield some clues.</para>
<para>&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on
- Intel CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the
+ &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the
<literal>options&nbsp;SMP</literal> feature enabled will
automatically detect the additional logical processors. The
default &os; scheduler treats the logical processors the same as
@@ -187,7 +198,7 @@
<para>Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the
Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) standard. &os;
supports ACPI via the ACPI Component Architecture reference
- implementation from Intel, as described in the &man.acpi.4; manual
+ implementation from &intel;, as described in the &man.acpi.4; manual
page. The use of ACPI causes instabilities on some machines and it
may be necessary to disable the ACPI driver, which is normally
loaded via a kernel module. This may be accomplished by adding
@@ -217,9 +228,9 @@
<para>Currently supported processors are the
<ulink url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium/24532003.pdf">
- Itanium</ulink> and the
+ &itanium;</ulink> and the
<ulink url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium2/25111003.pdf">
- Itanium 2</ulink>.</para>
+ &itanium; 2</ulink>.</para>
<para>Supported chipsets include:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -227,10 +238,10 @@
<para>HP zx1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Intel 460GX</para>
+ <para>&intel; 460GX</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Intel E8870</para>
+ <para>&intel; E8870</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -250,9 +261,9 @@
<sect2 id="proc-pc98">
<title>pc98</title>
- <para>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all i386-compatible processors,
- including 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants.
- All i386-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT
+ <para>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all &i386;-compatible processors,
+ including 80486, &pentium;, &pentium; Pro, &pentium; II, and variants.
+ All &i386;-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT
are also supported.</para>
<para>NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series
@@ -289,11 +300,15 @@
<title>sparc64</title>
<para>This section describes the systems currently known to be supported
- by &os; on the UltraSPARC platform. For background information on the
+ by &os; on the &ultrasparc; platform. For background information on the
various hardware designs see the <ulink url="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/">Sun System Handbook</ulink>.</para>
<para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para>
+ <para>In general, &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems must use serial consoles.
+ While it is possible to boot or install a system using the
+ OpenFirmware console, the console device is not usable.</para>
+
<para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have
been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage you to
try it and send a note to the &a.sparc; with your results,
@@ -303,105 +318,105 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Blade 100</para>
+ <para>&sun.blade; 100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Blade 150</para>
+ <para>&sun.blade; 150</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 220R</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 250</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 250</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 420R</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 420R</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 450</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 450</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fire V100</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fire V120</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra t1 105</para>
+ <para>&netra; t1 105</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra T1 AC200/DC200</para>
+ <para>&netra; T1 AC200/DC200</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra t 1100</para>
+ <para>&netra; t 1100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra t 1120</para>
+ <para>&netra; t 1120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra t 1125</para>
+ <para>&netra; t 1125</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra t 1400/1405</para>
+ <para>&netra; t 1400/1405</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra 120</para>
+ <para>&netra; 120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Netra X1</para>
+ <para>&netra; X1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXi</para>
+ <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp</para>
+ <para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXmp</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 1 (serial console)</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 1E</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 1E</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 2</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 2</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 5</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 5</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 10</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 10</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 30</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 30</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 60</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 60</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Ultra 80</para>
+ <para>&sun.ultra; 80</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular
- the onboard scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para>
+ the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 3500</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 3500</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enterprise 4500</para>
+ <para>&sun.enterprise; 4500</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following systems are not supported by &os;. This may be due
- to lack of processor support (UltraSPARC III), due to a quirk in the
+ to lack of processor support (&ultrasparc; III), due to a quirk in the
system design that makes &os; unstable, or due to lack of support for
sufficient onboard devices to make &os; generally useful.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s).</para>
+ <para>All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
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