svn commit: r41245 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Gavin Atkinson
gavin at FreeBSD.org
Sat Mar 16 15:43:39 UTC 2013
Author: gavin
Date: Sat Mar 16 15:43:39 2013
New Revision: 41245
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41245
Log:
Mention "x64" as another name for amd64, as used by Windows. Use better
wording overall.
Suggested by: jhb
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Mar 16 14:02:01 2013 (r41244)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Mar 16 15:43:39 2013 (r41245)
@@ -1092,9 +1092,8 @@
<answer>
<para>&arch.amd64; is the term &os; uses for 64-bit
- compatible x86 architectures, sometimes referred to
- as <quote>x86-64</quote> by other operating systems.
- Most modern computers
+ compatible x86 architectures (also known as "x86-64"
+ or "x64"). Most modern computers
should use &arch.amd64;. Older hardware should use
&arch.i386;. If you are installing on a
non-x86-compatible architecture select the platform
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