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diff --git a/prologue/architecture.xml b/prologue/architecture.xml index 45e1fbdb1..af08bc054 100644 --- a/prologue/architecture.xml +++ b/prologue/architecture.xml @@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ <para>The primary target architectures of LFS are the AMD/Intel x86 (32-bit) and x86_64 (64-bit) CPUs. On the other hand, the instructions in this book are -also known to work, with some modifications, with the Power PC CPU. To build a -system that utilizes one of these CPUs, the main prerequisite, in addition to -those on the next few pages, is an existing Linux system such as an earlier LFS -installation, Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution that targets -the architecture that you have. Also note that a 32-bit distribution can be -installed and used as a host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel computer.</para> +also known to work, with some modifications, with the Power PC and ARM CPUs. To +build a system that utilizes one of these CPUs, the main prerequisite, in +addition to those on the next few pages, is an existing Linux system such as an +earlier LFS installation, Ubuntu, Red Hat/Fedora, SuSE, or other distribution +that targets the architecture that you have. Also note that a 32-bit +distribution can be installed and used as a host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel +computer.</para> <para>Some other facts about 64-bit systems need to be added here. When compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly |