svn commit: r52993 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms
Mark Linimon
linimon at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 9 05:46:53 UTC 2019
Author: linimon
Date: Thu May 9 05:46:52 2019
New Revision: 52993
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52993
Log:
Attempt to bring this page into the current decade, part 2: annotate
which parts are Power-Mac specific; delete more stale information.
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml Thu May 9 05:18:47 2019 (r52992)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/platforms/ppc.xml Thu May 9 05:46:52 2019 (r52993)
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@
<h4><a name="1">How can I install FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
- <p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; suitable for New-World Macs are
+ <p>ISO images of FreeBSD &rel.current; are
available for download, for details on how to obtain these see the
<a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/announce.html">release announcement.</a></p>
<h4><a name="3">How to use ports on FreeBSD/ppc?</a></h4>
- <p>The easy way to use ports on FreeBSD is to use portsnap.
+ <p>The easiest way to use ports on FreeBSD is to use portsnap.
Refer to the Handbook if you need assistance to
<a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">use
the Ports Collection</a>.</p>
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@
<h4><a name="4">Should I install powerpc or powerpc64?</a></h4>
<p>The powerpc64 port provides a 64-bit kernel and userland, and is supported
- on all 64-bit CPUs. Users of 32-bit CPUs (G3, G4) must use the 32-bit
+ on all 64-bit CPUs. Users of 32-bit CPUs (Apple G3/G4) must use the 32-bit
powerpc platform, users of 64-bit CPUs that support 32-bit operating
- systems (G5) have a choice, and users of 64-bit CPUs that do not (Cell)
+ systems (Apple G5) have a choice, and users of 64-bit CPUs that do not
must use powerpc64. For those users with a choice, powerpc64 provides
some additional features (the ability to use more than 2 GB of RAM and
- ZFS support) while having slightly worse ports support due to being
- a newer and less common architecture. Like other 64-bit platforms,
+ ZFS support).
+ Like other 64-bit platforms,
FreeBSD/powerpc64 supports running 32-bit binaries as well as 64-bit ones.
</p>
@@ -108,10 +108,11 @@
<a href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/powerpc">on the wiki</a>.</p>
<p>The FreeBSD/ppc port should run on any New-World Apple machine (any Apple
- machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3. A
- port to IBM pSeries hardware is in progress. People reported FreeBSD runs
- on following machines:</p>
+ machine with a built-in USB port), as well as the Sony Playstation 3.</p>
+ <p>People have previously reported that FreeBSD runs on the following
+ machines:</p>
+
<table class="tblbasic">
<tr class="heading">
<th>Manufacturer</th>
@@ -204,7 +205,8 @@
<h3><a name="issues">Known Issues</a></h3>
<ul>
- <li>There is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from
+ <li>On New-World Apples,
+ there is a known bug in the boot-loader, that prevents you from
loading an alternate kernel, so testing your kernel is a bit risky.
When booting the loader from the Open Firmware prompt, give it a
partition which is either non-existent, doesn't have a kernel to load,
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ OK load /boot/kernel/kernel.save</pre>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freescale.com/files/product/doc/MPCFPE32B.pdf">
- PowerPC chip documentation</a></li>
+ PowerPC 32-bit chip documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.firmworks.com/QuickRef.html">
Open Firmware Quick Reference</a></li>
@@ -247,11 +249,6 @@ OK load /boot/kernel/kernel.save</pre>
<li><a href="https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/technotes/tn/tn2001.html">
"TN2001: Running Files from a Hard Drive in Open Firmware"</a></li>
-
- <li><a href="http://sourceware.org/psim/">psim</a> - A PowerPC
- simulator, available as a FreeBSD port at
- <a href="https://www.freshports.org/?package=psim-freebsd">
- emulators/psim-freebsd</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="links">Other Links of Interest</a></h3>
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