Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 23:43:12 +0000 (UTC) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45547 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms Message-ID: <201409042343.s84NhCKH029911@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gavin Date: Thu Sep 4 23:43:12 2014 New Revision: 45547 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45547 Log: Update the i386 platform page to closer reflect the early 21st century. Gently push people towards the amd64 platform, especially for machines with >4GiB RAM. Drop one dead link, and one link to a very outdated page. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Thu Sep 4 21:47:37 2014 (r45546) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/i386.xml Thu Sep 4 23:43:12 2014 (r45547) @@ -16,38 +16,27 @@ <h3><a name="intro">Introduction</a></h3> <p>This page contains information about the FreeBSD/i386 platform. - This architecture supports the largest variety of CPUs since - most home users purchase these machines. If you have a machine - from any large PC company (such as Dell™, HP, or eMachines®) - chances are that you have either an AMD™ or Intel® CPU and thus - fall into this category.</p> - - <h3><a name="toc">Table Of Contents</a></h3> - - <ul> - <li><a href="#news">Latest News</a></li> - <li><a href="#links">Points of Interest</a></li> - </ul> - - - <h3><a name="news">Latest News</a></h3> - - <ul> - <li><p>FreeBSD 6.0 and newer no longer supports the original - Intel 80386 CPU; these computers are over seven years - old and are only supported by FreeBSD 5.X and earlier. Note that the - GENERIC kernel only supports 80386 CPUs in FreeBSD 4.X and earlier. - </p></li> - </ul> - - <h3><a name="links">Points of Interest</a></h3> - - <ul> - <li><a href="http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/">; - FreeBSD Laptop compatibility list</a></li> - <li><a href="&base;/projects/acpi/index.html"> - ACPI Project page</a></li> - </ul> + FreeBSD/i386 should support any CPU compatible with the Intel™ + 80486 or better in 32-bit mode, although almost every recent AMD™ + and Intel™ CPU will also be capable of running in 64-bit mode + using the <a href="&base;/platforms/amd64.html">FreeBSD/amd64</a> + port.</p> + + <p>FreeBSD/i386 supports up to 4GiB of RAM by default. Machines + with more RAM will either need to run + <a href="&base;/platforms/amd64.html">FreeBSD/amd64</a> or run with + <a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/hardware.html#memory-i386-over-4gb"> + Physical Address Extension (PAE)</a> enabled in order to make use of + any memory above the 4GiB boundary.</p> + + <h3>Status</h3> + + <p>FreeBSD/i386 runs in 32-bit multiuser mode, in both + Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor mode.</p> + + <p>The i386 platform is a <a + href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier + 1</a> FreeBSD platform.</p> </body> </html>
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