From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 2210) id 8BC1F3857C46; Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:58:08 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 8BC1F3857C46 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Ken Brown To: cygwin-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [newlib-cygwin] winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: FAQ 1.2 Windows versions supported X-Act-Checkin: newlib-cygwin X-Git-Author: Brian Inglis X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/master X-Git-Oldrev: 1732249529c3a4d223940fea2b0143e63bb47e3a X-Git-Newrev: 749cbccc55146bdf65a50b71267a16f5bd180334 Message-Id: <20200918115808.8BC1F3857C46@sourceware.org> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:58:08 +0000 (GMT) X-BeenThere: cygwin-cvs@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin core component git logs List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:58:08 -0000 https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=749cbccc55146bdf65a50b71267a16f5bd180334 commit 749cbccc55146bdf65a50b71267a16f5bd180334 Author: Brian Inglis Date: Thu Sep 17 20:53:35 2020 -0600 winsup/doc/faq-what.xml: FAQ 1.2 Windows versions supported enumerate Vista, 7, 8, 10 progression to be clear, and earliest server 2008; add 8.1, exclude S mode, add Cygwin32 on ARM, specify 64 bit only AMD/Intel Diff: --- winsup/doc/faq-what.xml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml index ea8496ccb..77ba1c5fd 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-what.xml @@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ They can be used from one of the provided Unix shells like bash, tcsh or zsh. What versions of Windows are supported? -Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern, released versions of Windows. -State January 2016 this includes Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and all -later versions of Windows up to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. +Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern, released versions of Windows, +from Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, Windows Server 2008 and all +later versions of Windows, except Windows S mode due to its limitations. The 32 bit version of Cygwin also runs in the WOW64 32 bit environment on -released 64 bit versions of Windows, the 64 bit version of course only on -64 bit Windows. +released 64 bit versions of Windows including ARM PCs, +the 64 bit version of course only on 64 bit AMD/Intel compatible PCs. Keep in mind that Cygwin can only do as much as the underlying OS supports. Because of this, Cygwin will behave differently, and