From e896f7fb011d3e474a79fd783439b16f1fe95be2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 22:34:44 +0000 Subject: 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) --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml | 135 ++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') 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 @@ 2007 The &os; Documentation Project + + + &tm-attrib.freebsd; + &tm-attrib.amd; + &tm-attrib.ibm; + &tm-attrib.intel; + &tm-attrib.sparc; + &tm-attrib.sun; + &tm-attrib.general; + + @@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ amd64 Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch.amd64; has supported the AMD64 - (Hammer) and Intel EM64T architecture, + (Hammer) 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 @@ - AMD Athlon64 (Clawhammer). + &amd.athlon;64 (Clawhammer). - AMD Opteron (Sledgehammer). + &amd.opteron; (Sledgehammer). - Intel 64-bit Xeon (Nacona). + &intel; 64-bit &xeon; (Nacona). 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. + with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and &intel; E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets. - Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T + &intel; &pentium; 4 Processor supporting &intel; EM64T (Prescott). 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. - 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 + &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 64-bit extension technology or IA-32e. The largest tested @@ -128,17 +139,17 @@ list all combinations of equipment supported by &os;. Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here. - Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit + 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. There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this @@ -153,7 +164,7 @@ &a.smp; may yield some clues. &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 options SMP feature enabled will automatically detect the additional logical processors. The default &os; scheduler treats the logical processors the same as @@ -187,7 +198,7 @@ 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 @@ Currently supported processors are the - Itanium and the + &itanium; and the - Itanium 2. + &itanium; 2. Supported chipsets include: @@ -227,10 +238,10 @@ HP zx1 - Intel 460GX + &intel; 460GX - Intel E8870 + &intel; E8870 @@ -250,9 +261,9 @@ pc98 - 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 + 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. NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series @@ -289,11 +300,15 @@ sparc64 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 Sun System Handbook. SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor. + 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. + 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 @@ - Blade 100 + &sun.blade; 100 - Blade 150 + &sun.blade; 150 - Enterprise 220R + &sun.enterprise; 220R - Enterprise 250 + &sun.enterprise; 250 - Enterprise 420R + &sun.enterprise; 420R - Enterprise 450 + &sun.enterprise; 450 - Fire V100 + &sun.fire; V100 - Fire V120 + &sun.fire; V120 - Netra t1 105 + &netra; t1 105 - Netra T1 AC200/DC200 + &netra; T1 AC200/DC200 - Netra t 1100 + &netra; t 1100 - Netra t 1120 + &netra; t 1120 - Netra t 1125 + &netra; t 1125 - Netra t 1400/1405 + &netra; t 1400/1405 - Netra 120 + &netra; 120 - Netra X1 + &netra; X1 - SPARCEngine Ultra AXi + &sparcengine; Ultra AXi - SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp + &sparcengine; Ultra AXmp - Ultra 1 (serial console) + &sun.ultra; 1 - Ultra 1E + &sun.ultra; 1E - Ultra 2 + &sun.ultra; 2 - Ultra 5 + &sun.ultra; 5 - Ultra 10 + &sun.ultra; 10 - Ultra 30 + &sun.ultra; 30 - Ultra 60 + &sun.ultra; 60 - Ultra 80 + &sun.ultra; 80 The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular - the onboard scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported. + the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported. - Enterprise 3500 + &sun.enterprise; 3500 - Enterprise 4500 + &sun.enterprise; 4500 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. - All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s). + All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s). -- cgit v1.1