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.\" $NetBSD: whatis,v 1.7 2003/09/07 00:01:19 mbw Exp $
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This is the fourth major release of
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for the \*M platform, including the Apple eMac, iBook, iMac,
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PowerMacintosh, PowerBook, and Xserve models, as well as clones.
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As is usual between releases, the \*M port has had many improvements
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made to it \(em too many to detail all of them here.
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Numerous new drivers have been added.
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See the supported hardware list for details.
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Some (but not all!) notable \*M-specific improvements include:
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.(bullet
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Support for the some of the latest models.
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Support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) on systems with more than one CPU.
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Support for Apple's NeXT-based file system (UFS). This file system can
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be shared with
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.Tn MacOS X
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and can be used as the root partition for
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.Nx .
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.bullet)
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.Nx \*V
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on \*M is, as usual, also fully backward compatible with old
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binaries, so you don't need to recompile all your local programs
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provided you set the appropriate binary compatibility options in your
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kernel configuration.
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