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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 7b4aedf..56e8585 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 @@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ <sect1 id="proc"> <title>Supported Processors and Motherboards</title> - <para>We need to write this part.</para> + <para>&os;/&arch; has supported the &arch.print; + (<quote>Hammer</quote>) architecture since mid-2003. It made its + first debut as an experimental release based on &os; + 5.1-RELEASE.</para> + + <para>As of this writing, this port supports the Athlon64 + (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>) and Opteron + (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>) machines. The largest tested + memory configuration to date is 8GB. There is no support for SMP + machines at present.</para> + + <para>In many respects, &os;/&arch; is similar to &os;/i386, in + terms of drivers supported. There may be some issues with 64-bit + cleanliness in some (particularly older) drivers. Generally, + drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit platforms + should work.</para> + + <para>&os;/&arch; is still very much a work in progress. Much work + is being done in the &os; Perforce repository and then merged to + the &os; CVS repository as it stabilizes.</para> </sect1> |