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| author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-08-30 18:22:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-08-30 18:22:55 +0200 |
| commit | 9cd2acaa6ca27267a12d39a933fc2ffd308851c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f82d8e1177cc9387a6140aaeff79e47983be98e | |
| parent | e9d9d6aa109925d64595f0eb9006e57200bdc7fd (diff) | |
Elaborate on amd64.
| -rw-r--r-- | Mach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Mach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn b/Mach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn index 030413ac..551aedfc 100644 --- a/Mach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn +++ b/Mach/hardwarecompatibilitylist.mdwn @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ redistribute your contributions. # CPU Architecture -GNU Mach current only supports the x86 architecture. +GNU Mach current only supports the `x86` architecture. `amd64` should -- in +theory -- as well work fine in `32-bit` compatibility mode, however in practice +there are problems with the chipsets used for such processors, so that booting +on such a system won't succeed. # Memory @@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ USB is not support at this time. # Storage -IDE Drives are known to work. SATA drives work in compatibility mode. +IDE drives are known to work. +SATA drives work in compatibility mode. <!-- Sure? --[[tschwinge]] --> ## SCSI |