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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