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<year>2007</year>
<holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
&tm-attrib.freebsd;
&tm-attrib.amd;
&tm-attrib.ibm;
&tm-attrib.intel;
&tm-attrib.sparc;
&tm-attrib.sun;
&tm-attrib.general;
</legalnotice>
</articleinfo>
<sect1 id="intro">
@ -56,7 +67,7 @@
<title>amd64</title>
<para>Since mid-2003 &os;/&arch.amd64; has supported the AMD64
(<quote>Hammer</quote>) and Intel EM64T architecture,
(<quote>Hammer</quote>) 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 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>AMD Athlon64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
<para>&amd.athlon;64 (<quote>Clawhammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>AMD Opteron (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
<para>&amd.opteron; (<quote>Sledgehammer</quote>).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel 64-bit Xeon (<quote>Nacona</quote>).
<para>&intel; 64-bit &xeon; (<quote>Nacona</quote>).
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.</para>
with 2.80 to 3.60 GHz (FSB 800MHz) and &intel; E7520/E7525/E7320 chipsets.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel Pentium 4 Processor supporting Intel EM64T
<para>&intel; &pentium; 4 Processor supporting &intel; EM64T
(<quote>Prescott</quote>).
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.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>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
<para>&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
<quote>64-bit extension technology</quote> or <quote>IA-32e</quote>.</para>
<para>The largest tested
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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
<para>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
&Eacute;lan 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.</para>
<para>There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this
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&a.smp; may yield some clues.</para>
<para>&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
<literal>options&nbsp;SMP</literal> feature enabled will
automatically detect the additional logical processors. The
default &os; scheduler treats the logical processors the same as
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<para>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
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<para>Currently supported processors are the
<ulink url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium/24532003.pdf">
Itanium</ulink> and the
&itanium;</ulink> and the
<ulink url="http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/refs/ia64/itanium2/25111003.pdf">
Itanium 2</ulink>.</para>
&itanium; 2</ulink>.</para>
<para>Supported chipsets include:</para>
<itemizedlist>
@ -227,10 +238,10 @@
<para>HP zx1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel 460GX</para>
<para>&intel; 460GX</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Intel E8870</para>
<para>&intel; E8870</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@ -250,9 +261,9 @@
<sect2 id="proc-pc98">
<title>pc98</title>
<para>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
<para>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.</para>
<para>NEC FC-9801/9821 series, and NEC SV-98 series
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<title>sparc64</title>
<para>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 <ulink url="http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/">Sun System Handbook</ulink>.</para>
<para>SMP is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor.</para>
<para>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.</para>
<para>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,
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Blade 100</para>
<para>&sun.blade; 100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Blade 150</para>
<para>&sun.blade; 150</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 220R</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 220R</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 250</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 250</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 420R</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 420R</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 450</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 450</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Fire V100</para>
<para>&sun.fire; V100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Fire V120</para>
<para>&sun.fire; V120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra t1 105</para>
<para>&netra; t1 105</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra T1 AC200/DC200</para>
<para>&netra; T1 AC200/DC200</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra t 1100</para>
<para>&netra; t 1100</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra t 1120</para>
<para>&netra; t 1120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra t 1125</para>
<para>&netra; t 1125</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra t 1400/1405</para>
<para>&netra; t 1400/1405</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra 120</para>
<para>&netra; 120</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Netra X1</para>
<para>&netra; X1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXi</para>
<para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXi</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>SPARCEngine Ultra AXmp</para>
<para>&sparcengine; Ultra AXmp</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 1 (serial console)</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 1</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 1E</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 1E</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 2</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 2</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 5</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 5</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 10</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 10</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 30</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 30</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 60</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 60</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Ultra 80</para>
<para>&sun.ultra; 80</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>The following systems are partially supported by &os;. In particular
the onboard scsi controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para>
the onboard SCSI controller in sbus systems is not supported.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 3500</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 3500</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enterprise 4500</para>
<para>&sun.enterprise; 4500</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>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.</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>All systems containing UltraSPARC III processor(s).</para>
<para>All systems containing &ultrasparc; III processor(s).</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>