From 880f392f480e0436bbac16d3efe60466fc61fc6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gavin Atkinson Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 19:34:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Try to update and improve the FreeBSD/amd64 page. --- en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml index c688757454..4c12a7321f 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/amd64.xml @@ -19,29 +19,34 @@

This page contains information of the FreeBSD port to AMD's AMD64 and Intel® - 64 architecture. The + 64 architecture, often also known as x86-64 or + x64. &os;/amd64 is suitable for almost all recent + AMD and Intel CPUs.

+ +

The AMD64 architecture was previously known as Hammer. The Intel 64 architecture was previously known as Yamhill, Clackamas Technology (CT), IA-32e, and EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit - Technology). Generically, the platform is often known as - x86-64 or x64.

+ Technology).

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The AMD Opteron™, AMD Athlon™ 64, AMD Turion™ - 64 and newer AMD Sempron™ processors use the AMD64 +

Newer AMD Sempron™, the AMD Opteron™, AMD Athlon™ + 64, AMD Turion™ and AMD Phenom™ processors, and processors + with AMD Bulldozer and Bobcat cores all use the AMD64 architecture.

The Intel vPro™, Intel Celeron D (some models since Prescott), Intel Centrino® Duo, Intel Centrino® Pro, Intel Viiv™, Intel Core™2 Extreme, Intel Core™2 Quad, Intel Core™2 Duo, Intel Xeon (3000-sequence, 5000-sequence, and - 7000-sequence) processors use the Intel®64 architecture.

+ 7000-sequence), and the Intel Core™ i range of processors use + the Intel® 64 architecture.

Status

FreeBSD/amd64 runs in 64-bit multiuser mode, in both Uniprocessor and Multiprocessor mode.

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The AMD64 platform is currently a The AMD64 platform is a Tier 1 FreeBSD platform.