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Note removal of FreeBSD/alpha support beginning in 7.0.

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Reword FreeBSD/amd64 section to mention EM64T processors.
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AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware and SRM. In others it will be
necessary to download new firmware from the vendor's Web
site.</para>
<note>
<para>Support for the Alpha was removed beginning with
&os;&nbsp;7.0. The
&os;&nbsp;6.<replaceable>X</replaceable> series of
releases is the last containing support for this
architecture.</para>
</note>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>&os;/&arch.amd64; Architecture</title>
<para>&os;/&arch.amd64; requires an &amd.athlon;64,
&amd.athlon;64-FX, &amd.opteron; or better processor to
run.</para>
<para>There are two classes of processors capable of running
&os;/&arch.amd64;. The first are AMD64 processors,
including the &amd.athlon;64,
&amd.athlon;64-FX, &amd.opteron; or better
processors.</para>
<para>The second class of processors that can use
&os;/&arch.amd64; includes those using the &intel; EM64T
architecture. Examples of these processors include the
&intel;&nbsp;&core;&nbsp;2 Duo, Quad, and Extreme processor
families and the &intel;&nbsp;&xeon; 3000, 5000, and 7000
sequences of processors.</para>
<para>If you have a machine based on an nVidia nForce3
Pro-150, you <emphasis>must</emphasis> use the BIOS setup to