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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 index d1907aa..42dd78c 100644 --- 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 Élan 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 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> |