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| author |   Tim Yamin <plasmaroo@gentoo.org> | 2006-05-25 20:53:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Tim Yamin <plasmaroo@gentoo.org> | 2006-05-25 20:53:34 +0000 |
| commit | fc1becc4f1e83a7052aa6541521db08b2643e5ee (patch) | |
| tree | 00fe820c40361042e30f4ce46b4a843d2baf6af9 /archs | |
| parent | Authors->Editors to kill the controversy (diff) | |
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"ALPHA" -> "Alpha" fixes from tcort as well as a fix for the AMD64
arch page. Mention ImageMagick as a requirement for the build system.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gentoo.org/var/svnroot/devmanual/trunk@61 176d3534-300d-0410-8db8-84e73ed771c3
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| -rw-r--r-- | archs/amd64/text.xml | 19 |
2 files changed, 60 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/archs/alpha/text.xml b/archs/alpha/text.xml index e156352..b8662fe 100644 --- a/archs/alpha/text.xml +++ b/archs/alpha/text.xml @@ -1,25 +1,25 @@ <?xml version="1.0"?> <guide self="archs/alpha/"> <chapter> -<title>Arch Specific Notes -- ALPHA</title> +<title>Arch Specific Notes -- Alpha</title> <body> <p> -The ALPHA port uses the <c>alpha</c> keyword. It focuses upon HP (formerly Compaq +The Alpha port uses the <c>alpha</c> keyword. It focuses upon HP (formerly Compaq (formerly DEC)) hardware. This covers from <c>ev4</c> (known as 21064) through <c>ev7z</c> (known as 21364a). </p> <section> -<title>ALPHA Kernel and Userland ABIs</title> +<title>Alpha Kernel and Userland ABIs</title> <body> <p> -All ALPHA systems use a pure 64 bit kernel and a pure 64 bit userland. +All Alpha systems use a pure 64 bit kernel and a pure 64 bit userland. </p> <p> -All ALPHA systems support both little and big endian <d/> however, Linux only uses +All Alpha systems support both little and big endian <d/> however, Linux only uses little endian. </p> @@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ little endian. </section> <section> -<title>Additional ALPHA Keywording Requirements</title> +<title>Additional Alpha Keywording Requirements</title> <body> <p> -It is generally expected that anyone who does keywording for ALPHA should be on -the <c>alpha@</c> alias. However the ALPHA Team is happy if maintainers keyword -their packages when they have access to ALPHA hardware, although the Team would +It is generally expected that anyone who does keywording for Alpha should be on +the <c>alpha@</c> alias. However the Alpha team is happy if maintainers keyword +their packages when they have access to Alpha hardware, although the team would like to know about it. </p> @@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ like to know about it. </section> <section> -<title>ALPHA Instruction Set and Performance Notes</title> +<title>Alpha Instruction Set and Performance Notes</title> <body> <p> -There are six basic ALPHA instructions set standards: +There are six basic Alpha instructions set standards: </p> <ul> <li> - <c>ev4</c> or <c>ev45</c>. The <c>ev4</c> was the first ALPHA processor of the Alpha + <c>ev4</c> or <c>ev45</c>. The <c>ev4</c> was the first Alpha processor of the Alpha family. It featured one integer pipeline and one floating-point pipeline. The <c>ev45</c> is a modified <c>ev4</c> with double both Data and Instruction cache (D-Cache and I-Cache respectively); it also featured a division optimization. @@ -85,21 +85,21 @@ which the compiler was built. <p> The <c>-mieee</c> flag <b>should</b> always be used unless you have a deep knowledge -of the ALPHA architecture, so the comments on +of the Alpha architecture, so the comments on <uri link="::general-concepts/user-environment#Not Filtering Variables"/> are -really important on ALPHA. +really important on Alpha. </p> </body> </section> <section> -<title>Notes on ALPHA and PIC</title> +<title>Notes on Alpha and PIC</title> <body> <p> -General <uri link="::general-concepts/pic/"/> policy also applies to ALPHA. In fact, -ALPHA systems complain loudly if you try to link PIC and non-PIC code. Usually +General <uri link="::general-concepts/pic/"/> policy also applies to Alpha. In fact, +Alpha systems complain loudly if you try to link PIC and non-PIC code. Usually this results in errors during the compilation aborting emerge. </p> @@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ this results in errors during the compilation aborting emerge. </section> <section> -<title>Contacting the ALPHA Team</title> +<title>Contacting the Alpha Team</title> <body> <p> -The ALPHA team can be contacted: +The Alpha team can be contacted: </p> <ul> @@ -132,6 +132,28 @@ The ALPHA team can be contacted: </body> </section> +<section> +<title>Other Resources</title> +<body> + +<ul> + <li> + <uri link="http://alpha.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux Alpha Development Project</uri> + </li> + <li> + <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-alpha-faq.xml">Gentoo/Alpha FAQ</uri> + </li> + <li> + <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/alpha/doc/alpha-porting-guide.xml">Alpha Porting Guide</uri> + </li> + <li> + <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-32.html">Gentoo on Alternative Architectures Forum</uri> + </li> +</ul> + +</body> +</section> + </body> </chapter> </guide> diff --git a/archs/amd64/text.xml b/archs/amd64/text.xml index e534e91..c8c22b9 100644 --- a/archs/amd64/text.xml +++ b/archs/amd64/text.xml @@ -710,6 +710,25 @@ segmentation faults or strange behaviour. GCC 4.0 refuses to compile such code. </body> </section> +<section> +<title>Other Resources</title> +<body> + +<ul> + <li> + <uri link="http://amd64.gentoo.org/">Gentoo/AMD64 Project</uri> + </li> + <li> + <uri link="http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml">Gentoo/Linux AMD64 FAQ</uri> + </li> + <li> + <uri link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum-f-46.html">Gentoo on AMD64 Forum</uri> + </li> +</ul> + +</body> +</section> + </body> </chapter> </guide> |