Revision 1.0 (March 29, 2016)

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 Preface

 1. Conventions

The OpenPOWER Foundation documentation uses several typesetting conventions.

 Notices

Notices take these forms:

[Note]Note

A handy tip or reminder.

[Important]Important

Something you must be aware of before proceeding.

[Warning]Warning

Critical information about the risk of data loss or security issues.

 Command prompts

$ prompt

Any user, including the root user, can run commands that are prefixed with the $ prompt.

# prompt

The root user must run commands that are prefixed with the # prompt. You can also prefix these commands with the sudo command, if available, to run them.

 2. Document change history

This version of the guide replaces and obsoletes all earlier versions.

The following table describes the most recent changes:

Revision DateSummary of Changes

March 25, 2016

  • Rev 1.0 - Approval version

  • Cleaned URLs

March 23, 2016

  • Rev 0.12 Removed 2016 from title.

  • Added link to TMLA text

  • Added links to request document templates

  • modified section 1.6 Scope

March 4, 2016

  • 2016 Rev 0.10 Updated intro to encourage broad participation.

  • 2016 Rev 0.9 Updated system OS criteria

March 3, 2016

  • Change title to 2016 and change rev to 0.8

  • Added trademark symbols

  • Removed "OpenPOWER Intention"

  • Added additional miscellaneous category

February 2, 2016

  • Many changes from review of 0.0.6

January 27, 2016

  • Many changes from review of 0.0.5 by WGs and BOD

January 20, 2016

  • Added OpenPOWER Ready Graphics

January 15, 2016

  • Added SW chapter

  • Updated CAPI chapter per Accelerator WG Feedback

  • Added more details on intent and process in intro.

  • Added references into IO chapter.

December 8, 2015

  • Added more details on intent and process in intro.

  • Added chapter on OpenPOWER Ready CAPI.

  • Fixed improper abbreviations of OpenPOWER Foundation, OpenPOWER Ready, and OpenPOWER Intent

October 3, 2015

  • Initial draft based on input from OPIO and DEVPLAT Workgroup

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