Update description of FreeBSD/arm64

Reviewed by:	wblock
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6399
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<h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to the
ARM architecture and hardware. Discussion of the ARM port takes
32- and 64-bit ARM architectures and hardware.
Discussion of the ARM ports takes
place on the
<a href="http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm">freebsd-arm</a>
mailing list.</p>
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<h3><a name="status">Status</a></h3>
<p>ARM is officially a
<p>32-bit ARM is officially a
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier 2</a>
architecture, as the <a href="&base;">FreeBSD</a> project
does not provide official releases or pre-built packages for this
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processors. FreeBSD/armv6 supports ARMv6 and ARMv7 processors,
including SMP on the latter.</p>
<p>64-bit ARM support is in progress.</p>
<p>Initial support for 64-bit ARM is complete.
64-bit ARM platforms follow a set of standard conventions, and a single
&os; build will work on hardware from multiple vendors.
As a result, &os; will provide official releases for FreeBSD/arm64 and
packages will be available. FreeBSD/arm64 is on the path to becoming a
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/archs.html">Tier 1</a>
architecture.</p>
<h3><a name="hw">FreeBSD/ARM Hardware Notes</a></h3>