FreeBSD/amd64 status

Simon L. Nielsen simon at FreeBSD.org
Tue Jul 29 13:17:30 PDT 2003


On 2003.07.29 10:21:16 -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 05:43:38PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> > I'm updating the FreeBSD/amd64 project page and I would like to confirm
> > the current status of the port.  Would the following be acurate?
> > 
> > Currently FreeBSD/amd64 runs in 64bit multiuser mode. Multi processor
> > hardware is supported, but currently only running in uni processor mode.
> 
> Correct.  However please use "64-bit", "uniprocessor", and "multiprocessor"

Will do.

> > The AMD64 platform is currently a Tier 2 FreeBSD platform, with the goal
> > of becoming a Tier 1 platform before the upcoming FreeBSD 5.2 release.
> 
> Correct about being tier-2, I would leave out the any claims of when it
> will become tier-1 as that is still being debated.

OK, I just took that from the 5.2 TODO, but I will remove it.

Thanks!

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team
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