svn commit: r318467 - in stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1: hardware readme
Glen Barber
gjb at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 18 16:24:11 UTC 2017
Author: gjb
Date: Thu May 18 16:24:10 2017
New Revision: 318467
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318467
Log:
Fix FDP style nits reported by igor(1).
Bump copyright year in readme/article.xml.
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Modified:
stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml
stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml
Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml Thu May 18 15:41:59 2017 (r318466)
+++ stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.xml Thu May 18 16:24:10 2017 (r318467)
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V5.0-Based Extension//EN"
- "../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [
+ "../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" "release.ent">
%release;
<!ENTITY % devauto PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Auto Generated Device Lists//EN" "nonexistent">
%devauto;
]>
-<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
- <info><title>&os; &release.current; Hardware Notes</title>
-
+<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
- <author><orgname>The &os; Documentation Project</orgname></author>
+ <info>
+ <title>&os; &release.current; Hardware Notes</title>
+
+ <author>
+ <orgname>The &os; Documentation Project</orgname>
+ </author>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
@@ -33,7 +37,8 @@
<year>2015</year>
<year>2016</year>
<year>2017</year>
- <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
+ <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
+ Project</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
@@ -112,8 +117,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>The single-core &intel; &xeon;
- processors <quote>Nocona</quote>, <quote>Irwindale</quote>,
+ <para>The single-core &intel; &xeon; processors
+ <quote>Nocona</quote>, <quote>Irwindale</quote>,
<quote>Potomac</quote>, and <quote>Cranford</quote> have
EM64T support.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -132,7 +137,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>All &intel; ¢rino; Duo and ¢rino; Pro platforms</para>
+ <para>All &intel; ¢rino; Duo and ¢rino; Pro
+ platforms</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -142,11 +148,11 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Some &intel; &pentium; 4s and &celeron; Ds using
- the <quote>Prescott</quote> core have EM64T support. See
- the <link xlink:href="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel
- Processor Spec Finder</link> for the definitive answer about
- EM64T support in Intel processors.</para>
+ <para>Some &intel; &pentium; 4s and &celeron; Ds using the
+ <quote>Prescott</quote> core have EM64T support. See the
+ <link xlink:href="http://processorfinder.intel.com">Intel
+ Processor Spec Finder</link> for the definitive answer
+ about EM64T support in Intel processors.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -171,14 +177,14 @@
<title>i386</title>
<para>&os;/&arch.i386; runs on a wide variety of <quote>IBM PC
- compatible</quote> machines. Due to the wide range of
+ compatible</quote> machines. Due to the wide range of
hardware available for this architecture, it is impossible
to exhaustively list all combinations of equipment supported
by &os;. Nevertheless, some general guidelines are
presented here.</para>
<para>Almost all &i386;-compatible processors with a floating
- point unit are supported. All &intel; processors beginning
+ point unit are supported. All &intel; processors beginning
with the 80486 are supported, including the 80486, &pentium;,
&pentium; Pro, &pentium; II, &pentium; III, &pentium; 4, and
variants thereof, such as the &xeon; and &celeron; processors.
@@ -248,11 +254,13 @@
(DSDT) provided by each machine's BIOS. Some machines have
bad or incomplete DSDTs, which prevents ACPI from functioning
correctly. Replacement DSDTs for some machines can be found
- at the <link xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php">DSDT</link>
- section of the <link xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/">ACPI4Linux</link> project
- Web site. &os; can use these DSDTs to override the DSDT
- provided by the BIOS; see the &man.acpi.4; manual page for
- more information.</para>
+ at the <link
+ xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/index.php">DSDT</link>
+ section of the <link
+ xlink:href="http://acpi.sourceforge.net/">ACPI4Linux</link>
+ project Web site. &os; can use these DSDTs to override the
+ DSDT provided by the BIOS; see the &man.acpi.4; manual page
+ for more information.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="proc-pc98">
@@ -287,8 +295,8 @@
<sect2 xml:id="proc-powerpc">
<title>powerpc</title>
- <para>All Apple PowerPC machines with built-in USB are supported,
- as well a limited selection of non-Apple machines,
+ <para>All Apple PowerPC machines with built-in USB are
+ supported, as well a limited selection of non-Apple machines,
including KVM on POWER7</para>
<para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than
@@ -299,8 +307,8 @@
<title>sparc64</title>
<para>This section describes the systems currently known to be
- supported by &os; on the Fujitsu &sparc64; and Sun &ultrasparc;
- platforms.</para>
+ supported by &os; on the Fujitsu &sparc64; and Sun
+ &ultrasparc; platforms.</para>
<para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1
processor.</para>
@@ -310,8 +318,8 @@
supported by the &man.creator.4; (Sun Creator, Sun Creator3D
and Sun Elite3D) or &man.machfb.4; (Sun PGX and Sun PGX64
as well as the ATI Mach64 chips found onboard in for example
- &sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5 and &sun.ultra; 10)
- driver must use the serial console.</para>
+ &sun.blade; 100, &sun.blade; 150, &sun.ultra; 5 and
+ &sun.ultra; 10) driver must use the serial console.</para>
<para>If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not
have been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage
@@ -456,10 +464,11 @@
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In
- particular the fiber channel controllers in SBus-based systems are not
- supported. However, it is possible to use these with a SCSI controller
- supported by the &man.esp.4; driver (Sun ESP SCSI, Sun FAS Fast-SCSI
- and Sun FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI controllers).</para>
+ particular the fiber channel controllers in SBus-based systems
+ are not supported. However, it is possible to use these with
+ a SCSI controller supported by the &man.esp.4; driver (Sun ESP
+ SCSI, Sun FAS Fast-SCSI and Sun FAS366 Fast-Wide SCSI
+ controllers).</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -471,9 +480,9 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on Sun
- &ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os;, which includes
- the following known working systems:</para>
+ <para>Starting with 7.2-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on
+ Sun &ultrasparc; III and beyond are also supported by &os;,
+ which includes the following known working systems:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -501,7 +510,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&sun.fire; V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V215 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE
+ and 8.1-RELEASE)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -509,7 +519,8 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&sun.fire; V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE)</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V245 (support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE
+ and 8.1-RELEASE)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -522,9 +533,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&sun.fire; V480 (501-6780 and 501-6790 centerplanes only, for
- which support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE,
- other centerplanes might work beginning with 8.3-RELEASE and 9.0-RELEASE)</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V480 (501-6780 and 501-6790 centerplanes
+ only, for which support first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE and
+ 8.1-RELEASE, other centerplanes might work beginning with
+ 8.3-RELEASE and 9.0-RELEASE)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -532,8 +544,9 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&sun.fire; V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE,
- non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V890 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE
+ and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+
+ CPU-configurations only)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -550,14 +563,16 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>&sun.fire; V490 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE,
- non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+ CPU-configurations only)</para>
+ <para>&sun.fire; V490 (support first appeared in 7.4-RELEASE
+ and 8.1-RELEASE, non-mixed &ultrasparc; IV/IV+
+ CPU-configurations only)</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64; systems based on
- Fujitsu &sparc64; V are also supported by &os;, which
- includes the following known working systems:</para>
+ <para>Starting with 7.4-RELEASE and 8.1-RELEASE, &arch.sparc64;
+ systems based on Fujitsu &sparc64; V are also supported by
+ &os;, which includes the following known working
+ systems:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -565,8 +580,8 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>The following Fujitsu &primepower; systems are not tested but
- believed to be also supported by &os;:</para>
+ <para>The following Fujitsu &primepower; systems are not tested
+ but believed to be also supported by &os;:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -682,7 +697,7 @@
<note>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Booting from these
- controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
+ controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
supported.</para>
</note>
@@ -712,7 +727,7 @@
<note>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Booting from these
- controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
+ controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not
supported.</para>
</note>
@@ -765,8 +780,8 @@
support CD-ROM commands are supported for read-only access by
the CD-ROM drivers (such as &man.cd.4;). WORM/CD-R/CD-RW
writing support is provided by &man.cdrecord.1;, which is a
- part of the <package>sysutils/cdrtools</package> port in the Ports
- Collection.</para>
+ part of the <package>sysutils/cdrtools</package> port in the
+ Ports Collection.</para>
<para>The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this
time:</para>
@@ -1020,8 +1035,8 @@
4965AGN IEEE 802.11n PCI network adapters
(&man.iwn.4; driver)</para>
- <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Marvell Libertas IEEE 802.11b/g
- PCI network adapters (&man.malo.4; driver)</para>
+ <para>[&arch.i386;, &arch.amd64;] Marvell Libertas IEEE
+ 802.11b/g PCI network adapters (&man.malo.4; driver)</para>
<para>Marvell 88W8363 IEEE 802.11n wireless network
adapters (&man.mwl.4; driver)</para>
@@ -1032,8 +1047,8 @@
&hwlist.rsu;
- <para>Realtek RTL8188CE based PCIe IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network
- adapters (&man.rtwn.4; driver)</para>
+ <para>Realtek RTL8188CE based PCIe IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless
+ network adapters (&man.rtwn.4; driver)</para>
&hwlist.rum;
@@ -1147,12 +1162,13 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Avlab Technology, PCI IO 2S
- and PCI IO 4S</para>
+ <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Avlab Technology, PCI IO
+ 2S and PCI IO 4S</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Comtrol RocketPort 550</para>
+ <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] Comtrol RocketPort
+ 550</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1222,7 +1238,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] SIIG Cyber 4S PCI
- 16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
+ 16C550/16C650/16C850</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1305,7 +1321,7 @@
<note>
<para>"flags 0x15000?01" is necessary in kernel
- configuration.</para>
+ configuration.</para>
</note>
<para>[&arch.pc98;] Media Intelligent RSB-384 (&man.sio.4;
@@ -1453,8 +1469,9 @@
</note>
<note>
- <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;]
- USB Bluetooth adapters can be found in <link linkend="bluetooth">Bluetooth</link> section.</para>
+ <para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;] USB Bluetooth
+ adapters can be found in <link
+ linkend="bluetooth">Bluetooth</link> section.</para>
</note>
&hwlist.ohci;
@@ -1576,7 +1593,8 @@
<note>
<para>Information regarding specific video cards and
compatibility with <application>Xorg</application> can be
- found at <uri xlink:href="http://www.x.org/">http://www.x.org/</uri>.</para>
+ found at <uri
+ xlink:href="http://www.x.org/">http://www.x.org/</uri>.</para>
</note>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;]
@@ -1631,7 +1649,8 @@
<note>
<para>&man.moused.8; has more information on using pointing
devices with &os;. Information on using pointing devices
- with <application>Xorg</application> can be found at <uri xlink:href="http://www.x.org/">http://www.x.org/</uri>.</para>
+ with <application>Xorg</application> can be found at <uri
+ xlink:href="http://www.x.org/">http://www.x.org/</uri>.</para>
</note>
<para>[&arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;] <quote>PC standard</quote>
@@ -1664,8 +1683,9 @@
</itemizedlist>
<para>[&arch.i386;] Xilinx XC6200-based reconfigurable hardware
- cards compatible with the HOT1 from <link xlink:href="http://www.vcc.com/">Virtual Computers</link> (xrpu
- driver).</para>
+ cards compatible with the HOT1 from <link
+ xlink:href="http://www.vcc.com/">Virtual Computers</link>
+ (xrpu driver).</para>
<para>[&arch.pc98;] Power Management Controller of NEC PC-98
Note (pmc driver)</para>
Modified: stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml Thu May 18 15:41:59 2017 (r318466)
+++ stable/11/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml Thu May 18 16:24:10 2017 (r318467)
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook XML V5.0-Based Extension//EN"
- "../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [
+ "../../../share/xml/freebsd50.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN" "release.ent">
%release;
]>
-<!--
+<!--
Local Variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-indent-data: t
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
sgml-always-quote-attributes: t
End:
-->
-<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
- <info><title>&os; &release.current; README</title>
-
+<article xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0">
+
+ <info>
+ <title>&os; &release.current; README</title>
<author><orgname>The &os; Project</orgname></author>
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@
<year>2013</year>
<year>2014</year>
<year>2015</year>
- <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
+ <year>2016</year>
+ <year>2017</year>
+ <holder role="mailto:doc at FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
+ Project</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
@@ -48,35 +53,36 @@
&tm-attrib.general;
</legalnotice>
- <abstract>
- <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os;
- &release.current;. It includes some information on how to
- obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os;
- Project, and pointers to some other sources of
- information.</para>
- </abstract>
+ <abstract>
+ <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os;
+ &release.current;. It includes some information on how to
+ obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os;
+ Project, and pointers to some other sources of
+ information.</para>
+ </abstract>
</info>
<sect1 xml:id="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the
- latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para>
+ <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os;
+ &release.current;, the latest point along the &release.branch;
+ branch.</para>
<sect2>
<title>About &os;</title>
<para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for
AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (&arch.amd64;),
- Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (&arch.i386;),
- NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (&arch.pc98;),
- and &ultrasparc; machines (&arch.sparc64;). Versions
- for the &arm; (&arch.arm;), &mips; (&arch.mips;), and
- &powerpc; (&arch.powerpc;) architectures are currently under
- development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of
- peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything
- from software development to games to Internet Service
- Provision.</para>
+ Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC
+ hardware (&arch.i386;), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and
+ compatibles (&arch.pc98;), and &ultrasparc; machines
+ (&arch.sparc64;). Versions for the &arm; (&arch.arm;), &mips;
+ (&arch.mips;), and &powerpc; (&arch.powerpc;) architectures
+ are currently under development as well. &os; works with
+ a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be
+ used for everything from software development to games to
+ Internet Service Provision.</para>
<para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run
such a system, including full source code for the kernel and
@@ -88,61 +94,63 @@
<para>A large collection of third-party ported software (the
<quote>Ports Collection</quote>) is also provided to make it
- easy to obtain and install all your favorite traditional &unix;
- utilities for &os;. Each <quote>port</quote> consists of a
- set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install a
- piece of software, with a single command. Over &os.numports;
- ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical
- applications, make &os; a powerful and comprehensive operating
- environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many
- commercial versions of &unix;. Most ports are also available as
- pre-compiled <quote>packages</quote>, which can be quickly
- installed from the installation program.</para>
+ easy to obtain and install all your favorite traditional
+ &unix; utilities for &os;. Each <quote>port</quote> consists
+ of a set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install
+ a piece of software, with a single command. Over
+ &os.numports; ports, from editors to programming languages to
+ graphical applications, make &os; a powerful and comprehensive
+ operating environment that extends far beyond what's provided
+ by many commercial versions of &unix;. Most ports are also
+ available as pre-compiled <quote>packages</quote>, which can
+ be quickly installed from the installation program.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Target Audience</title>
- <para releasetype="current">This &release.type; is aimed primarily at early adopters
- and various other users who want to get involved with the
- ongoing development of &os;. While the &os; development team
- tries its best to ensure that each &release.type; works as
- advertised, &release.branch; is very much a
- work-in-progress.</para>
-
- <para releasetype="current">The basic requirements for using this &release.type; are
- technical proficiency with &os; and an understanding of the
- ongoing development process of &os; &release.branch; (as
- discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
-
- <para releasetype="current">For those more interested in doing business with &os; than
- in experimenting with new &os; technology, formal releases
- (such as &release.prev.stable;) are frequently more appropriate.
- Releases undergo a period of testing and quality assurance
- checking to ensure high reliability and dependability.</para>
-
- <para releasetype="snapshot">This &release.type; is aimed primarily at early adopters
- and various other users who want to get involved with the
- ongoing development of &os;. While the &os; development team
- tries its best to ensure that each &release.type; works as
- advertised, &release.branch; is very much a
- work-in-progress.</para>
-
- <para releasetype="snapshot">The basic requirements for using this &release.type; are
- technical proficiency with &os; and an understanding of the
- ongoing development process of &os; &release.branch; (as
- discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
-
- <para releasetype="snapshot">For those more interested in doing business with &os; than
- in experimenting with new &os; technology, formal releases
- (such as &release.prev.stable;) are frequently more appropriate.
- Releases undergo a period of testing and quality assurance
- checking to ensure high reliability and dependability.</para>
-
- <para releasetype="release">This &release.type; of &os; is suitable for all users. It
- has undergone a period of testing and quality assurance
- checking to ensure the highest reliability and
- dependability.</para>
+ <para releasetype="current">This &release.type; is aimed
+ primarily at early adopters and various other users who want
+ to get involved with the ongoing development of &os;. While
+ the &os; development team tries its best to ensure that each
+ &release.type; works as advertised, &release.branch; is very
+ much a work-in-progress.</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="current">The basic requirements for using
+ this &release.type; are technical proficiency with &os; and an
+ understanding of the ongoing development process of &os;
+ &release.branch; (as discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="current">For those more interested in doing
+ business with &os; than in experimenting with new &os;
+ technology, formal releases (such as &release.prev.stable;)
+ are frequently more appropriate. Releases undergo a period of
+ testing and quality assurance checking to ensure high
+ reliability and dependability.</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="snapshot">This &release.type; is aimed
+ primarily at early adopters and various other users who want
+ to get involved with the ongoing development of &os;. While
+ the &os; development team tries its best to ensure that each
+ &release.type; works as advertised, &release.branch; is very
+ much a work-in-progress.</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="snapshot">The basic requirements for using
+ this &release.type; are technical proficiency with &os; and an
+ understanding of the ongoing development process of &os;
+ &release.branch; (as discussed on the &a.current;).</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="snapshot">For those more interested in doing
+ business with &os; than in experimenting with new &os;
+ technology, formal releases (such as &release.prev.stable;)
+ are frequently more appropriate. Releases undergo a period of
+ testing and quality assurance checking to ensure high
+ reliability and dependability.</para>
+
+ <para releasetype="release">This &release.type; of &os; is
+ suitable for all users. It has undergone a period of testing
+ and quality assurance checking to ensure the highest
+ reliability and dependability.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -166,16 +174,18 @@
Collection, or other extra material.</para>
<para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the
- project are listed in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
- &os;</quote></link> appendix to the Handbook.</para>
+ project are listed in the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
+ &os;</quote></link> appendix to the Handbook.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>FTP</title>
<para>You can use FTP to retrieve &os; and any or all of its
- optional packages from <uri xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</uri>, which is the official
- &os; release site, or any of its
+ optional packages from <uri
+ xlink:href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</uri>,
+ which is the official &os; release site, or any of its
<quote>mirrors</quote>.</para>
<para>Lists of locations that mirror &os; can be found in the
@@ -187,8 +197,9 @@
<para>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact
<email>freebsd-admin at FreeBSD.org</email> for more details on
becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful
- information for mirror sites at the <link xlink:href="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring
- &os;</link> article.</para>
+ information for mirror sites at the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring &os;</link>
+ article.</para>
<para>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to
create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain
@@ -208,16 +219,18 @@
<para>For any questions or general technical support issues,
please send mail to the &a.questions;.</para>
- <para>If you're tracking the &release.branch; development efforts, you
- <emphasis>must</emphasis> join the &a.current;, in order to
- keep abreast of recent developments and changes that may
- affect the way you use and maintain the system.</para>
-
- <para>Being a largely-volunteer effort, the &os;
- Project is always happy to have extra hands willing to help—there are already far more desired enhancements than
- there is time to implement them. To contact the developers on
- technical matters, or with offers of help, please send mail to
- the &a.hackers;.</para>
+ <para>If you're tracking the &release.branch; development
+ efforts, you <emphasis>must</emphasis> join the &a.current;,
+ in order to keep abreast of recent developments and changes
+ that may affect the way you use and maintain the
+ system.</para>
+
+ <para>Being a largely-volunteer effort, the &os; Project is
+ always happy to have extra hands willing to help—there
+ are already far more desired enhancements than there is time
+ to implement them. To contact the developers on technical
+ matters, or with offers of help, please send mail to the
+ &a.hackers;.</para>
<para>Please note that these mailing lists can experience
<emphasis>significant</emphasis> amounts of traffic. If you
@@ -226,13 +239,15 @@
preferable to subscribe instead to the &a.announce;.</para>
<para>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone
- wishing to do so. Visit the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/mailman/listinfo">
- &os; Mailman Info Page</link>. This will give you more
- information on joining the various lists, accessing archives,
- etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special
- interest groups not mentioned here; more information can be
- obtained either from the Mailman pages or the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/support.html#mailing-list">mailing
- lists section</link> of the &os; Web site.</para>
+ wishing to do so. Visit the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.base;/mailman/listinfo">&os; Mailman Info
+ Page</link>. This will give you more information on joining
+ the various lists, accessing archives, etc. There are
+ a number of mailing lists targeted at special interest groups
+ not mentioned here; more information can be obtained either
+ from the Mailman pages or the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.base;/support.html#mailing-list">mailing
+ lists section</link> of the &os; Web site.</para>
<important>
<para>Do <emphasis>not</emphasis> send email to the lists
@@ -286,48 +301,48 @@
provided in various formats. Most distributions will include
both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML
(<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions
- may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format
- (<filename>.PDF</filename>).
+ may also include other formats such as Portable Document
+ Format (<filename>.PDF</filename>).</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which
- gives some general information about &os; as well as
- some cursory notes about obtaining a
- distribution.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>: The release
- notes, showing what's new and different in &os;
- &release.current; compared to the previous release (&os;
- &release.prev;).</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>: The hardware
- compatibility list, showing devices with which &os; has
- been tested and is known to work.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata.
- Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in
- this file, which is principally applicable to releases
- (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult
- this file before installing a release of &os;, as it
- contains the latest information on problems which have
- been found and fixed since the release was
- created.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which
+ gives some general information about &os; as well as
+ some cursory notes about obtaining a
+ distribution.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>: The release
+ notes, showing what's new and different in &os;
+ &release.current; compared to the previous release (&os;
+ &release.prev;).</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>: The hardware
+ compatibility list, showing devices with which &os; has
+ been tested and is known to work.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata.
+ Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in
+ this file, which is principally applicable to releases
+ (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult
+ this file before installing a release of &os;, as it
+ contains the latest information on problems which have
+ been found and fixed since the release was
+ created.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
<para>On platforms that support &man.bsdinstall.8; (currently
- &arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;, and &arch.sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the
- Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
- installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the
- &man.bsdinstall.8; utility.</para>
+ &arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.pc98;, and &arch.sparc64;),
+ these documents are generally available via the Documentation
+ menu during installation. Once the system is installed, you
+ can revisit this menu by re-running the &man.bsdinstall.8;
+ utility.</para>
<note>
<para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
@@ -338,8 +353,9 @@
other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be
consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for this
release. These other copies of the errata are located at
- <uri xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/">&url.base;/releases/</uri> (as
- well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
+ <uri
+ xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/">&url.base;/releases/</uri>
+ (as well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
location).</para>
</note>
</sect2>
@@ -347,18 +363,19 @@
<sect2>
<title>Manual Pages</title>
- <para>As with almost all &unix; like operating systems, &os; comes
- with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the
- &man.man.1; command or through the <link xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual
- pages gateway</link> on the &os; Web site. In general, the
- manual pages provide information on the different commands and
- APIs available to the &os; user.</para>
+ <para>As with almost all &unix; like operating systems, &os;
+ comes with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the
+ &man.man.1; command or through the <link
+ xlink:href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext
+ manual pages gateway</link> on the &os; Web site. In
+ general, the manual pages provide information on the different
+ commands and APIs available to the &os; user.</para>
<para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give
information on particular topics. Notable examples of such
- manual pages are &man.tuning.7; (a guide to performance tuning),
- &man.security.7; (an introduction to &os; security), and
- &man.style.9; (a style guide to kernel coding).</para>
+ manual pages are &man.tuning.7; (a guide to performance
+ tuning), &man.security.7; (an introduction to &os; security),
+ and &man.style.9; (a style guide to kernel coding).</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -366,31 +383,34 @@
<para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information,
maintained by the &os; Project,
- are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked
- Questions document). On-line versions of the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</link>
- and <link xlink:href="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</link>
- are always available from the <link xlink:href="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation
- page</link> or its mirrors. If you install the
+ are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions
+ document). On-line versions of the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</link> and <link
+ xlink:href="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</link> are always
+ available from the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation
+ page</link> or its mirrors. If you install the
<filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular,
note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to
installing &os;.</para>
<para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by
- the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics.
- This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use
- of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other
- operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the
- Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os;
- Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename>
- distribution set.</para>
+ the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics.
+ This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use
+ of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other
+ operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the
+ Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os;
+ Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename>
+ distribution set.</para>
<para>A listing of other books and documents about &os; can be
- found in the <link xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/bibliography.html">bibliography</link>
- of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong &unix; heritage,
- many other articles and books written for &unix; systems are
- applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the
- bibliography.</para>
+ found in the <link
+ xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/bibliography.html">bibliography</link>
+ of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong &unix;
+ heritage, many other articles and books written for &unix;
+ systems are applicable as well, some of which are also listed
+ in the bibliography.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -399,10 +419,11 @@
<para>&os; represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not
thousands, of individuals from around the world who have worked
- countless hours to bring about this &release.type;. For a
- complete list of &os; developers and contributors, please see
- <link xlink:href="&url.articles.contributors;/"><quote>Contributors
- to &os;</quote></link> on the &os; Web site or any of its
+ countless hours to bring about this &release.type;. For
+ a complete list of &os; developers and contributors, please see
+ <link
+ xlink:href="&url.articles.contributors;/"><quote>Contributors
+ to &os;</quote></link> on the &os; Web site or any of its
mirrors.</para>
<para>Special thanks also go to the many thousands of &os; users
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