diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
index d1907aa6bfc..42dd78c782d 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@
2007
The &os; Documentation Project
+
+
+ &tm-attrib.freebsd;
+ &tm-attrib.amd;
+ &tm-attrib.ibm;
+ &tm-attrib.intel;
+ &tm-attrib.sparc;
+ &tm-attrib.sun;
+ &tm-attrib.general;
+
+
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@
amd64
Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch.amd64; has supported the AMD64
- (Hammer
) and Intel EM64T architecture,
+ (Hammer
) and &intel; EM64T architecture,
and is now one of the Tier-1 platforms (fully
supported architecture), which are expected to be Production
Quality with respects to all aspects of the &os; operating system,
@@ -72,34 +83,34 @@
- AMD Athlon64 (Clawhammer
).
+ &amd.athlon;64 (Clawhammer
).
- AMD Opteron (Sledgehammer
).
+ &amd.opteron; (Sledgehammer
).
- Intel 64-bit Xeon (Nacona
).
+ &intel; 64-bit &xeon; (Nacona
).
This processor is fabricated on 90nm process technology, and operates
- with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and Intel E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.
+ with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and &intel; E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.
- Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T
+ &intel; &pentium; 4 Processor supporting &intel; EM64T
(Prescott
).
This is fabricated on 90nm process technology,
uses FC-LGA775 package, and operates with 3.20F/3.40F/3.60F GHz
- and Intel 925X Express chipsets.
+ and &intel; 925X Express chipsets.
The corresponding S-Spec numbers are SL7L9, SL7L8, SL7LA, SL7NZ, SL7PZ,
and SL7PX. Note that processors marked as 5xx numbers do not support
EM64T.
- Intel EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and
- different from Intel IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which &os;/ia64
- supports. Some Intel's old documentation refers to Intel EM64T as
+ &intel; EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and
+ different from &intel; IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which &os;/ia64
+ supports. Some &intel;'s old documentation refers to &intel; EM64T as
64-bit extension technology
or IA-32e
.
The largest tested
@@ -128,17 +139,17 @@
list all combinations of equipment supported by &os;.
Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here.
- Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit
+ Almost all &i386;-compatible processors with a floating 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. All i386-compatible AMD
- processors are also supported, including the Am486, Am5x86, K5, K6
- (and variants), Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4,
- and Athlon Thunderbird), and Duron processors. The AMD
+ &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. All &i386;-compatible AMD
+ processors are also supported, including the &am486;, &am5x86;, K5, &amd.k6;
+ (and variants), &amd.athlon; (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4,
+ and Athlon Thunderbird), and &amd.duron; processors. The AMD
Élan SC520 embedded processor is supported. The Transmeta
- Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are i386-compatible
+ Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are &i386;-compatible
processors from Cyrix and NexGen.
There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this
@@ -153,7 +164,7 @@
&a.smp; may yield some clues.
&os; will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on
- Intel CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the
+ &intel; CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the
options SMP feature enabled will
automatically detect the additional logical processors. The
default &os; scheduler treats the logical processors the same as
@@ -187,7 +198,7 @@
Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the
Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) standard. &os;
supports ACPI via the ACPI Component Architecture reference
- implementation from Intel, as described in the &man.acpi.4; manual
+ implementation from &intel;, as described in the &man.acpi.4; manual
page. The use of ACPI causes instabilities on some machines and it
may be necessary to disable the ACPI driver, which is normally
loaded via a kernel module. This may be accomplished by adding
@@ -217,9 +228,9 @@
Currently supported processors are the
- Itanium and the
+ &itanium; and the
- Itanium 2.
+ &itanium; 2.
Supported chipsets include:
@@ -227,10 +238,10 @@
HP zx1
- Intel 460GX
+ &intel; 460GX
- Intel E8870
+ &intel; E8870
@@ -250,9 +261,9 @@
pc98
- NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all i386-compatible processors,
- including 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants.
- All i386-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT
+ NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all &i386;-compatible processors,
+ including 80486, &pentium;, &pentium; Pro, &pentium; II, and variants.
+ All &i386;-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT
are also supported.
NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series
@@ -289,11 +300,15 @@
sparc64
This section describes the systems currently known to be supported
- by &os; on the UltraSPARC platform. For background information on the
+ by &os; on the &ultrasparc; platform. For background information on the
various hardware designs see the Sun System Handbook.
SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.
+ In general, &os;/&arch.sparc64; systems must use serial consoles.
+ While it is possible to boot or install a system using the
+ OpenFirmware console, the console device is not usable.
+
If you have a system that is not listed here, it may not have
been tested with &os; &release.current;. We encourage you to
try it and send a note to the &a.sparc; with your results,
@@ -303,105 +318,105 @@
- Blade 100
+ &sun.blade; 100
- Blade 150
+ &sun.blade; 150
- Enterprise 220R
+ &sun.enterprise; 220R
- Enterprise 250
+ &sun.enterprise; 250
- Enterprise 420R
+ &sun.enterprise; 420R
- Enterprise 450
+ &sun.enterprise; 450
- Fire V100
+ &sun.fire; V100
- Fire V120
+ &sun.fire; V120
- Netra t1 105
+ &netra; t1 105
- Netra T1 AC200/DC200
+ &netra; T1 AC200/DC200
- Netra t 1100
+ &netra; t 1100
- Netra t 1120
+ &netra; t 1120
- Netra t 1125
+ &netra; t 1125
- Netra t 1400/1405
+ &netra; t 1400/1405
- Netra 120
+ &netra; 120
- Netra X1
+ &netra; X1
- SPARCEngine Ultra AXi
+ &sparcengine; Ultra AXi
- SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp
+ &sparcengine; Ultra AXmp
- Ultra 1 (serial console)
+ &sun.ultra; 1
- Ultra 1E
+ &sun.ultra; 1E
- Ultra 2
+ &sun.ultra; 2
- Ultra 5
+ &sun.ultra; 5
- Ultra 10
+ &sun.ultra; 10
- Ultra 30
+ &sun.ultra; 30
- Ultra 60
+ &sun.ultra; 60
- Ultra 80
+ &sun.ultra; 80
The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular
- the onboard scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported.
+ the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported.
- Enterprise 3500
+ &sun.enterprise; 3500
- Enterprise 4500
+ &sun.enterprise; 4500
The following systems are not supported by &os;. This may be due
- to lack of processor support (UltraSPARC III), due to a quirk in the
+ to lack of processor support (&ultrasparc; III), due to a quirk in the
system design that makes &os; unstable, or due to lack of support for
sufficient onboard devices to make &os; generally useful.
- All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s).
+ All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).