1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index cd5e2eb6213b..0d318abaf7fd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-        Linux kernel release 2.6.xx
+        Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org>
 These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6.  Read them carefully,
 as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
@@ -6,23 +6,31 @@ kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
 WHAT IS LINUX?
-  Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with
+  Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by
-  assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net.
+  Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across
-  It aims towards POSIX compliance. 
+  the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.
-  It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged
+  It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix,
-  Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
+  including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand
-  demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory
+  loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management,
-  management and TCP/IP networking. 
+  and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.
  It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
  accompanying COPYING file for more details. 
 ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?
-  Linux was first developed for 386/486-based PCs.  These days it also
+  Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
-  runs on ARMs, DEC Alphas, SUN Sparcs, M68000 machines (like Atari and
+  today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
-  Amiga), MIPS and PowerPC, and others.
+  UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
+  IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
+  and Renesas M32R architectures.
+  Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
+  as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
+  GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
+  also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
+  functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
 DOCUMENTATION:

diff --git a/README b/README index cd5e2eb6213b..0d318abaf7fd 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1	Linux kernel release 2.6.xx	1	Linux kernel release 2.6.xx <http://kernel.org>
2		2
3	These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6. Read them carefully,	3	These are the release notes for Linux version 2.6. Read them carefully,
4	as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the	4	as they tell you what this is all about, explain how to install the
@@ -6,23 +6,31 @@ kernel, and what to do if something goes wrong.
6		6
7	WHAT IS LINUX?	7	WHAT IS LINUX?
8		8
9	Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with	9	Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix, written from scratch by
10	assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net.	10	Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across
11	It aims towards POSIX compliance.	11	the Net. It aims towards POSIX and Single UNIX Specification compliance.
12		12
13	It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged	13	It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged Unix,
14	Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,	14	including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand
15	demand loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory	15	loading, shared copy-on-write executables, proper memory management,
16	management and TCP/IP networking.	16	and multistack networking including IPv4 and IPv6.
17		17
18	It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the	18	It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
19	accompanying COPYING file for more details.	19	accompanying COPYING file for more details.
20		20
21	ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?	21	ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?
22		22
23	Linux was first developed for 386/486-based PCs. These days it also	23	Although originally developed first for 32-bit x86-based PCs (386 or higher),
24	runs on ARMs, DEC Alphas, SUN Sparcs, M68000 machines (like Atari and	24	today Linux also runs on (at least) the Compaq Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC and
25	Amiga), MIPS and PowerPC, and others.	25	UltraSPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, PowerPC64, ARM, Hitachi SuperH,
		26	IBM S/390, MIPS, HP PA-RISC, Intel IA-64, DEC VAX, AMD x86-64, AXIS CRIS,
		27	and Renesas M32R architectures.
		28
		29	Linux is easily portable to most general-purpose 32- or 64-bit architectures
		30	as long as they have a paged memory management unit (PMMU) and a port of the
		31	GNU C compiler (gcc) (part of The GNU Compiler Collection, GCC). Linux has
		32	also been ported to a number of architectures without a PMMU, although
		33	functionality is then obviously somewhat limited.
26		34
27	DOCUMENTATION:	35	DOCUMENTATION:
28		36