svn commit: r46400 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Wed Apr  1 05:08:31 2015
New Revision: 46400
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46400

Log:
  Minimum Hardware Requirements: installation instructions
  
  Sacrifice some technical pedanticness to simplify the description of amd64 and
  i386.  For the users whom are actually confused as to which system they should
  use, using more plain language (such as 32-bit vs 64-bit) and referencing the
  vendors directly would be more helpful.
  
  Also, stop mentioning that both UP and SMP are supported.  OpenBSD finished that
  project in 2004.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	Wed Apr  1 04:58:55 2015	(r46399)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	Wed Apr  1 05:08:31 2015	(r46400)
@@ -178,31 +178,28 @@
       <varlistentry>
 	<term>&arch.amd64;</term>
 	<listitem>
-	  <para>There are two classes of processors capable of running
-	    &arch.amd64;.  The first are <acronym>AMD64</acronym>
-	    processors, including the &amd.athlon;64 and &amd.opteron;
-	    processors.</para>
-
-	  <para>The second class of processors includes those using
-	    the &intel; EM64T architecture.  Examples of these
-	    processors include all multi-core &intel; &xeon;
-	    processors except Sossaman, the single-core
-	    &intel; &xeon; processors Nocona, Irwindale, Potomac,
-	    and Cranford, the &intel; &core; 2 (not Core
-	    Duo) and later processors, all &intel; &pentium; D
-	    processors, the &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds
-	    using the Cedar Mill core, and some &intel; &pentium;
-	    4s and Celeron Ds using the Prescott core.</para>
-
-	  <para>Both Uniprocessor (<acronym>UP</acronym>) and
-	    Symmetric Multi-processor (<acronym>SMP</acronym>)
-	    configurations are supported.</para>
+	  <para>This is the most common type of processor desktop and
+	    laptop computers will have.  Other vendors may call this
+	    architecture <acronym>x86-64</acronym>.</para>
+
+	  <para>There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64;
+	    processors: &intel; (which produces
+	    <acronym>EM64T</acronym> class processors) and AMD (which
+	    produces <acronym>AMD64</acronym>).</para>
+
+	  <para>Examples of &arch.amd64; compatible processsors
+	    include: &amd.athlon;64, &amd.opteron;, 
+	    multi-core &intel; &xeon;, and
+	    &intel; &core; 2 and later processors.</para>
 	</listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
 	<term>&arch.i386;</term>
 	<listitem>
+	  <para>This architecture is the 32-bit version of the
+	    &arch.amd64; archiecture.</para>
+
 	  <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating
 	    point unit are supported.  All &intel; processors 486 or
 	    higher are supported.</para>