From 34a29c7b09dc526f3cbe5db62f465ec7000bc6a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Maurer <f.maurer@outlook.de>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 06:44:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs x86: Prefer x86-64 bit (alphanumerical order) Add
information about old x86 images
---
docs/user/x86.rst | 17 +++++++++++------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/user/x86.rst b/docs/user/x86.rst
index e2587463a..20f3235fa 100644
--- a/docs/user/x86.rst
+++ b/docs/user/x86.rst
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Targets
The following targets for x86 images exist:
-`x86-generic`
- Generic x86 support with many different ethernet drivers; should run on
- most x86 systems.
+`x86-64`
+ Generic x86 64-bit support with many different ethernet drivers; should run on
+ most x86 systems with 64-bit support.
There are three images:
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ The following targets for x86 images exist:
* `vmware` (VMDK image)
These images differ in the image file format, the content is the same. Therefore
- a single `x86-generic` sysupgrade image is provided, only.
+ a single `x86-64` sysupgrade image is provided, only.
+
+`x86-generic`
+ 32-bit version of `x86-64` for hardware not supporting 64-bit images.
+ Also comes with `virtualbox` and `vmware` factory installs.
`x86-geode`
x86 image for Geode CPUs.
-`x86-64`
- 64bit version of `x86-generic`.
+`x86-legacy`
+ x86 image for very old PC hardware like i586.
+
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