--- wikisrc/ports/amd64.mdwn 2012/04/15 20:35:58 1.2 +++ wikisrc/ports/amd64.mdwn 2012/04/15 20:44:55 1.3 @@ -6,32 +6,32 @@ changes_cur="5.0" changes_future="6.0" thumbnail="http://www.netbsd.org/images/ports/amd64/AMD_Opteron.gif" about=""" - NetBSD/amd64 is a port to the AMD64 family of processors and - supports all other CPUs that implement the 64bit AMD64 - architecture. These currently include AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64, - and Intel CPUs with the EM64T extension. - - NetBSD/amd64 is a true 64bit operating system. Running - 32bit NetBSD/i386 binaries is supported as well, see - compat_netbsd32(8). Running 32bit Linux emulations will - be available in the future, the setup will be similar to - the one described in compat_svr4_32(8). - - The port was first committed to the NetBSD source tree as NetBSD/x86_64 - on June 19th, 2001 and renamed to NetBSD/amd64 on April 26th, 2003. - - The original work to do this port was done by Frank van der Linden at - Wasabi Systems, assisted by - AMD, who provided the simulator - (Simics VirtuHammer), pre-release hardware and access to a range - of Opteron hardware through the - AMD Developer Center. - - The port is fully functional. It has been tested on single-CPU and - multiprocessor (SMP) Opteron configurations. Since the release of NetBSD 2.0, - it is a completely supported platform. +NetBSD/amd64 is a port to the AMD64 family of processors and +supports all other CPUs that implement the 64bit AMD64 +architecture. These currently include AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon64, +and Intel CPUs with the EM64T extension. + +NetBSD/amd64 is a true 64bit operating system. Running +32bit NetBSD/i386 binaries is supported as well, see +compat_netbsd32(8). Running 32bit Linux emulations will +be available in the future, the setup will be similar to +the one described in compat_svr4_32(8). + +The port was first committed to the NetBSD source tree as NetBSD/x86_64 +on June 19th, 2001 and renamed to NetBSD/amd64 on April 26th, 2003. + +The original work to do this port was done by Frank van der Linden at +Wasabi Systems, assisted by +AMD, who provided the simulator +(Simics VirtuHammer), pre-release hardware and access to a range +of Opteron hardware through the +AMD Developer Center. + +The port is fully functional. It has been tested on single-CPU and +multiprocessor (SMP) Opteron configurations. Since the release of NetBSD 2.0, +it is a completely supported platform. - Andrew Doran is the maintainer of NetBSD/amd64. +Andrew Doran is the maintainer of NetBSD/amd64. """