From 21cc242f25b3f9258cf5ef35d4ea3357081c7d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Whitehorn Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:41:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a description of supported PowerPC hardware to the hardware notes. --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml | 47 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml index 3bf62352fc36..cdc66650a61a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/article.sgml @@ -316,8 +316,51 @@ powerpc - The information for this paragraph has yet to be - compiled. + This section describes the systems currently known to be + supported by &os; on the PowerPC platform. This list is not + exhaustive. + + In general, all New World architecture Apple hardware + is supported, as well a limited selection of non-Apple + machines. + + All systems listed below are fully supported, with the + exception that software fan control is currently missing on + the Power Macintosh G5. SMP is supported on all systems with + more than 1 processor. + + + + Apple iMac + + + Apple Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) + + + Apple Power Macintosh G4 + + + Apple Power Macintosh G5 (non-970MP models) + + + Apple iBook + + + Apple PowerBook G4 + + + Apple XServe G4 + + + Apple XServe G5 + + + Apple Mac Mini + + + Embedded boards based on MPC85XX + +