Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:09:52 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r41175 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201303121109.52298.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201303121349.r2CDnOKH097113@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201303121349.r2CDnOKH097113@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:49:24 am Gavin Atkinson wrote: > Author: gavin > Date: Tue Mar 12 13:49:24 2013 > New Revision: 41175 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41175 > > Log: > This, mostly in order: > - Mention x86-64 as a common non-FreeBSD name for the amd64 platform > > Reviewed by: eadler > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Mar 12 13:30:14 2013 (r41174) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Mar 12 13:49:24 2013 (r41175) > @@ -1126,7 +1127,9 @@ > > <answer> > <para>&arch.amd64; is the term &os; uses for 64-bit > - compatible x86 architectures. Most modern computers > + compatible x86 architectures, sometimes referred to > + as <quote>x86-64</quote> by other operating systems. > + Most modern computers I would suggest tweaking the wording here to say: "64-bit compatible x86 architectures (also known as "x86-64" or "x64")". as it is shorter (and mentions the "x64" alias that Windows uses). Also, something like this should be on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/about.html -- John Baldwin
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