$NetBSD: README,v 1.66 2024/01/02 18:18:47 thorpej Exp $

acorn32 arm     20011118        Acorn computers Ltd. ARM 6/7/SA based machines
algor   mipsel,mips64el 20010528        Algorithmics, Ltd. MIPS evaluation boards
alpha   alpha   19950213        Compaq (formerly Digital Equipment Corp.) Alpha
amd64   x86_64  20010619        AMD's x86 64 bit architecture
amiga   m68k    19930902        Commodore et al. Amiga
amigappc        powerpc 20000525        Phase 5 Amiga
arc     mipsel,mips64el 20000123        MIPS Advanced Risc Computing spec machines
atari   m68k    19950326        Atari TT30, Falcon, and Hades
bebox   powerpc 19971014        Be Inc. BeBox
cats    arm     19981005        Chalice Technologies, CATS motherboard
cesfic  m68k    20010514        FIC8234 VME processor board
cobalt  mipsel,mips64el 20000319        Cobalt Networks Microservers
dreamcast       sh3el   20010107        SEGA Dreamcast
emips   mipseb  20110126        Machines based on Extensible MIPS
epoc32  arm     20130502        32bit EPOC OS machines
evbarm  armeb,aarch64   20010905        ARM-based eval boards
evbmips mipseb,mipsel,mips64eb,mips64el 20020307        MIPS-based eval boards
evbppc  powerpc,powerpc64       20021209        PowerPC-based eval boards
evbsh3  sh3eb,sh3el     20010206        Hitachi SuperH(TM) sh3 and sh4 eval boards
ews4800mips     mipseb  20051229        NEC's MIPS based EWS4800 workstations
hp300   m68k    19930512        Hewlett Packard 300- and 400-series machines
hppa    hppa    20020606        Hewlett Packard 700-series machines
hpcarm  arm     20010220        ARM based handheld PCs
hpcmips mipsel  19990925        MIPS based handheld PCs
hpcsh   sh3el   20010117        Hitachi SuperH(TM) based handheld PCs
i386    i386    19930321        Intel/AMD etc. x86 processor line
ia64    ia64    00000000        Intel Itanium/Itanium2 processor based workstations
ibmnws  powerpc 00000000        IBM Network Station Thin Clients
iyonix  arm     20040713        Castle Technology xscale based workstations
landisk sh3el   20060901        SH4 processor based NAS appliances by I-O DATA
luna68k m68k    20000105        LUNA product line of OMRON Tateisi Electronics
mac68k  m68k    19930929        Apple Macintosh
macppc  powerpc,powerpc64       19980515        Apple Power Macintosh and clones
mipsco  mipseb  20000812        MIPS Corp Magnum 3000 computers
mmeye   sh3eb   19990913        Hitachi SuperH(TM) computer controlled camera
mvme68k m68k    19950725        Motorola's VMEbus 68K based single board computers
mvmeppc powerpc 20020227        Motorola's PowerPC machines running older PPCBUG
netwinder       arm     20010609        StrongARM based Netwinder machines
news68k m68k    19991209        Sony's m68k based NET WORK STATION
newsmips        mipseb  19980218        Sony's MIPS based NET WORK STATION
next68k m68k    19980609        NeXT Computer's cubes and slabs
ofppc   powerpc,powerpc64       19980528        Open Firmware based PowerPC machines
playstation2    mipsel  20011016        Sony PlayStation 2
pmax    mipsel,mips64el 19931012        Digital Equipment Corp. MIPS based machines
prep    powerpc 20000229        PowerPC Reference Platform machines
rs6000  powerpc 20071217        MCA-based IBM RS/6000 workstations
sandpoint       powerpc 20010211        Motorola Sandpoint based NAS systems
sbmips  mipseb,mipsel,mips64eb,mips64el 20020306        Broadcom's SiByte processor evaluation boards
sgimips mipseb,mips64eb 20000614        MIPS based Silicon Graphics machines
shark   arm     19960131        Digital Network Appliance Reference Design ("Shark")
sparc   sparc   19931002        Sun Microsystems SPARC (sun4, sun4c, sun4m) 32 bit machines
sparc64 sparc64/sparc   19980620        Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC 64 bit machines
sun2    m68000  20010328        Sun m68010 based machines
sun3    m68k    19930625        Sun m680[23]0 based machines
vax     vax     19940802        Digital Equipment Corp. VAX machines
virt68k m68k    20240101        Qemu m68k virtual machine
x68k    m68k    19960505        Sharp X68000, X68030
xen     xen     20040311        Xen virtual machine monitor
zaurus  arm     20061217        Sharp Zaurus C7x0/860/1000/3x00 PDAs

Generic cpu features shared among multiple ports
aarch64:        ARMv8 CPU based platform files
arm:            ARM CPU based platform files
hppa:           Hewlett Packard PA-RISC CPU based platform files
m68k:           Motorola 680x0 CPU based platform files
mips:           MIPS CPU based platform files
powerpc:        PowerPC CPU based platform files
sh3:            Hitachi SuperH(TM) sh3 and sh4 CPU based platform files
sparc:          Sun Microsystems SPARC(TM) CPU based platform files
x86:            Intel x86 based platform files.

Generic architectural features shared among multiple ports
hpc:            Handheld PC reference platform files
sun68k:         Sun Microsystems Motorola 680x0 CPU based platform files

Single port cpu families
alpha:          Digital Equipment Alpha processor
ia64:           Intel Itanium/Itanium2 processor