release-notes/devel/en_US ArchSpecific.xml,1.20,1.21
Marc Wiriadisastra (mwiriadi)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Mar 17 13:04:27 UTC 2008
Author: mwiriadi
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv31110
Modified Files:
ArchSpecific.xml
Log Message:
Modified minor amounts
Index: ArchSpecific.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/ArchSpecific.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- ArchSpecific.xml 11 Dec 2007 01:28:56 -0000 1.20
+++ ArchSpecific.xml 17 Mar 2008 13:04:24 -0000 1.21
@@ -3,20 +3,10 @@
<section id="sn-ArchSpecific">
<title>Architecture Specific Notes</title>
-
- <tip>
- <title>Latest Release Notes on the Web</title>
- <para>
- These release notes may be updated. Visit <ulink
- url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/</ulink>
- to view the latest release notes for Fedora.</para>
- </tip>
-
<para>
This section provides notes that are specific to the supported
hardware architectures of Fedora.
</para>
-
<section id="sn-rpm-multiarch">
<title>RPM multiarch support on 64-bit platforms (x86_64, ppc64)</title>
<para>
@@ -44,6 +34,8 @@
<para/>
<screen><![CDATA[%_query_all_fmt %%{name}-%%{version}-%%{release}.%%{arch}]]></screen>
</section>
+
+
<section id="sn-ArchSpecific-PPC">
<title>PPC Specifics for Fedora</title>
<para>
@@ -62,20 +54,20 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora 8 supports only the "New World" generation of Apple
+ Fedora 9 supports only the "New World" generation of Apple
Power Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora 8 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM
+ Fedora 9 also supports IBM pSeries, IBM iSeries, IBM
RS/6000, Genesi Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine
machines.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Fedora 8 includes new hardware support for Genesi Efika,
+ Fedora 9 includes new hardware support for Genesi Efika,
and for the Sony PlayStation 3.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -95,7 +87,7 @@
<title>Hard disk space</title>
<para>
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
- space taken up by Fedora 8 after installation is complete.
+ space taken up by Fedora 9 after installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during installation
to support the installation environment. This additional disk
space corresponds to the size of
@@ -215,11 +207,11 @@
<para>
To run Linux correctly on the Efika, download the "Device
Tree Supplement" from <ulink
- url='http://www.powerdeveloper.org/platforms/efika/devicetree'>http://www.powerdeveloper.org/platforms/efika/devicetree</ulink>
+ url='http://www.powerdeveloper.org/platforms/efika/devicetree' />
and install according to the documentation therein. At the
time of writing, the firmware of the Efika has bugs which
prevent correct operation of the
- <application>yaboot</application> bootloader. Genesi
+ <command>yaboot</command> bootloader. Genesi
stated that a fixed firmware would be made available by
April 2007. As of November 2007, it is not yet available.
</para>
@@ -275,6 +267,15 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <title>PPC Specific Packages</title>
+ <para>
+ <filename>ppc64-utils</filename> has been split out into
+ individual packages reflecting upstream packaging
+ (<filename>ps3pf-utils</filename>, <filename>powerpc-utils</filename>,
+ <filename>powerpc-utils-papr</filename>). The <command>mkzimage</command>
+ command is no longer supplied, you can use the wrapper script from
+ kernel-bootwrapper package - eg:</para>
+ <screen><![CDATA[wrapper -i initrd-${KERN_VERSION}.img -o zImage-${KERN_VERSION}.img vmlinuz-${KERN_VERSION} ]]></screen>
</section>
</section>
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@
<section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x86-hw">
<title>Hardware requirements for x86</title>
<para>
- In order to use specific features of Fedora 8 during or after
+ In order to use specific features of Fedora 9 during or after
installation, you may need to know details of other hardware
components such as video and network cards.
</para>
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@
following Intel processors, may also be used with Fedora.
</para>
<para>
- Fedora 8 requires an Intel Pentium or better processor, and is
+ Fedora 9 requires an Intel Pentium or better processor, and is
optimized for Pentium 4 and later processors.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
<title>Hard disk space</title>
<para>
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
- space taken up by Fedora 8 after the installation is complete.
+ space taken up by Fedora 9 after the installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during the
installation to support the installation environment. This
additional disk space corresponds to the size of
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@
<section id="sn-ArchSpecific-x64-hw">
<title>Hardware requirements for x86_64</title>
<para>
- In order to use specific features of Fedora 8 during or after
+ In order to use specific features of Fedora 9 during or after
installation, you may need to know details of other hardware
components such as video and network cards.
</para>
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@
<title>Hard disk space requirements for x86_64</title>
<para>
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk
- space taken up by Fedora 8 after the installation is complete.
+ space taken up by Fedora 9 after the installation is complete.
However, additional disk space is required during the
installation to support the installation environment. This
additional disk space corresponds to the size of
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