Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:45:39 GMT From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/90351: [patch] Fix spelling mistake and misleading info in Alpha HW release notes Message-ID: <200512132045.jBDKjda5004443@945testbox.york.ac.uk> Resent-Message-ID: <200512132050.jBDKo3SK004702@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 90351 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] Fix spelling mistake and misleading info in Alpha HW release notes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 13 20:50:03 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gavin Atkinson >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD 945testbox.york.ac.uk 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Dec 12 18:04:02 GMT 2005 root@945testbox.york.ac.uk:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Accommodate and interchangeably are spelt incorrectly in the Alpha Hardware release notes. Also, when rendered, they suggest that the fxp(4) driver does not work on FreeBSD in general. I have no idea if they still have issues on Alpha, but I know they are good cards on other platforms at least :) >How-To-Repeat: Read http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-alpha.html >Fix: --- alpha-hwnotes.diff begins here --- Index: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.78 diff -u -r1.78 proc-alpha.sgml --- src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml 2 Nov 2005 22:18:47 -0000 1.78 +++ src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml 13 Dec 2005 20:39:05 -0000 @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ that. Kernel build times halved when I went to 32 Mbytes. Note that the SRM console steals 2Mbyte from the total system memory (and keeps it). For more serious work 128 Mbytes or more are recommended. - Although Alpha machines typically can accomodate large to very large + Although Alpha machines typically can accommodate large to very large physical memory sizes, &os; is limited to 1 or 2 Gbytes (dependent on the core chipset) of RAM. This restriction is due to the current implementation of the VM system.</para> @@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ power it on/off remotely, reset it etc. See also the description for the RMC in the DS10 section of this document. RCM versus RMC is not a typo, the various documentation I consulted used both acronyms - interchangably. Note that if you want remote power on/off to function + interchangeably. Note that if you want remote power on/off to function you need to connect a small DC adapter to the machine in order to have the RCM logic powered. You need to supply 9-12V DC to the small inlet located next to the keyboard connector.</para> @@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ driver). Some new SRM versions are known to recognize the Intel 8255x Ethernet chips as driven by the &os; &man.fxp.4; driver. But beware: the &man.fxp.4; driver is reported not to work correctly - with &os; (although it works excellently on &os;/x86).</para> + with &os;/alpha (although it works excellently on &os;/x86).</para> <para>In general the SRM console emulates a VGA-compatibility mode on PCI VGA cards. This is, however, not guaranteed to work by --- alpha-hwnotes.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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