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diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml index f5eb2cbb6..eefaceb55 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml @@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon. </para><para> -However, &debian; GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run -on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", support -for actual 80386 processors (and their clones) was dropped with the Sarge -(r3.1) release of &debian;. (No version of Linux has ever supported the 286 -or earlier chips in the series.) All i486 and later processors are still -supported. +However, &debian; GNU/Linux &releasename; will +<emphasis>not</emphasis> run on 486 or earlier processors. Despite +the architecture name "i386", support for actual 80386 and 80486 +processors (and their clones) was dropped with the Sarge (r3.1) and +Squeeze (r6.0) releases of &debian;, respectively. The Intel Pentium +and clones, including those without an FPU (Floating-Point Unit or +math coprocessor), are supported. The Intel Quark is +<emphasis>not</emphasis> supported, due to hardware errata. </para> <note><para> |