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 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of XFree86</title>
+<title>Installation of <application>XFree86</application></title>
 <sect3>
 <title>Kernel Compilation Settings</title>
 <para>If you have an Intel P6 (Pentium Pro, Pentium II and later) it is recommended
+that you compile MTRR (Memory Type Range Registers) support into the kernel.
+The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD CPUs to the MTRR interface so selecting this
+that you compile <acronym>MTRR</acronym> (Memory Type Range Registers) support into the kernel.
+The kernel can map Cyrix and AMD <acronym>CPU</acronym>s to the
+<acronym>MTRR</acronym> interface so selecting this
 option is useful for those processors also.
 This option is found in the
 "Processor type and features" menu.  It can increase performance of
+image write operations 2.5 times or more on PCI or AGP video cards.</para>
+<para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable AGP Support and select the chipset
+image write operations 2.5 times or more on <acronym>PCI</acronym> or
+<acronym>AGP</acronym> video cards.</para>
+<para>In the "Character Devices" section, enable <acronym>AGP</acronym> Support and select the chipset
 support on your motherboard.  If you do not know the chipset, you may select
 all the chip types at the expense of extra kernel size. You can usually
 determine your motherboard's chipset by doing:
 <screen><userinput>cat /proc/pci</userinput></screen></para>
+<screen><userinput><command>cat /proc/pci</command></userinput></screen></para>
 <para>In the "Character Devices" section, <emphasis>disable</emphasis> Direct
+Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)
+supported video card.  A complete list of DRI supported video cards can
+Rendering Manager unless you have a Direct Rendering Infrastructure
+(<acronym>DRI</acronym>)
+supported video card.  A complete list of <acronym>DRI</acronym> supported video cards can
 be found at <ulink url="http://dri.sourceforge.net" /> in the Status section.
 Currently,
 …
 Radeon 7X00, Radeon 2), Intel (i810, i815), and Matrox (G200, G400, G450).
 Additionally NVidia provides their own closed source binary drivers.
 If you do enable DRI here, make sure you select the video card(s) you want
+If you do enable <acronym>DRI</acronym> here, make sure you select the video card(s) you want
 to support as a <emphasis>module</emphasis>.</para>
 …
 </para>
 <note><para>If you build XFree86 in a chroot environment, make sure the kernel
+<note><para>If you build <application>XFree86</application> in a chroot environment, make sure the kernel
 version of the base system and the target system are the same.  This is
 especially important if you enabled DRI support as a module as
+especially important if you enabled <acronym>DRI</acronym> support as a module as
 instructed above.</para></note>
 …
 <sect3><title>Creating <filename>host.def</filename></title>
+<para>Although XFree86 will compile without a host.def file, the following file
+<para>Although <application>XFree86</application> will compile without a
+<filename>host.def</filename> file, the following file
 is recommended for customizing the installation. Start from
+the <filename>xc</filename> directory.</para>
+<note><para>The <filename>host.def</filename> file is a c file, not the
+the <filename class="directory">xc</filename> directory.</para>
+<note><para>The <filename>host.def</filename> file is a
+<application>C</application> file, not the
 usual configuration file.  If you make any changes, be sure the comment characters
 (<userinput>/*</userinput> and <userinput>*/</userinput>)
 …
 </para></note>
 <para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; config/cf/host.def &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<para><screen><userinput><command>cat &gt; config/cf/host.def &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
 /* Begin XFree86 host.def file */
 …
 /* End XFree86 host.def file */
 EOF</userinput></screen></para>
+<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen></para>
 <para>Edit the file for your hardware and desires.</para>
 …
 <sect3>
 <title>Build Commands</title>
 <para>Install XFree86 by running the following commands:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>WORLDOPTS="" make World 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee xfree-compile.log &amp;&amp;
+<para>Install <application>XFree86</application> by running the following commands:</para>
+<screen><userinput><command>WORLDOPTS="" make World 2&gt;&amp;1 | tee xfree-compile.log &amp;&amp;
 make install &amp;&amp;
 make install.man &amp;&amp;
 ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/bin/X11 &amp;&amp;
 ln -sf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 /usr/lib/X11 &amp;&amp;
 ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</userinput></screen></para>
+ln -sf /usr/X11R6/include/X11 /usr/include/X11</command></userinput></screen>
 </sect3>
 <sect3>
+<title>Updating Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI)</title>
+<para>If you have one of the supported DRI cards and have enabled DRI kernel modules as explained
+<title>Updating Direct Rendering Infrastructure (<acronym>DRI</acronym>)</title>
+<para>If you have one of the supported <acronym>DRI</acronym> cards and
+have enabled <acronym>DRI</acronym> kernel modules as explained
 above, you now need to update the kernel modules to ensure they are compatible with the
 current version of XFree86.  To do this, perform the following:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>cd programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel &amp;&amp;
+current version of <application>XFree86</application>.  To do this, perform the following:</para>
+<screen><userinput><command>cd programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel &amp;&amp;
 make  CC=/opt/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc -f Makefile.linux  &amp;&amp;
 mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp;
 cp gamma.o radeon.o sis.o r128.o i810.o i830.o mga.o tdfx.o \
     /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/char/drm/  &amp;&amp;
 depmod -a</userinput></screen>
+</para>
+depmod -a</command></userinput></screen>
 <warning><para>If you recompile or upgrade your kernel, you will need to re-copy the
 appropriate driver module(s)
 to the kernel module library and rerun depmod.</para></warning>
 <note><para>If you created AGP support as a module when compiling the kernel, you may
+to the kernel module library and rerun <command>depmod</command>.</para></warning>
+<note><para>If you created <acronym>AGP</acronym> support as a module when compiling the kernel, you may
 have to add a line to <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to ensure
 the agpgart module is loaded.  For instance, the AGP version of the Radeon video card
+the agpgart module is loaded.  For instance, the <acronym>AGP</acronym> version of the Radeon video card
 will use the <filename>radeon.o</filename> driver.  It will
 need to have the line <screen>below radeon agpgart</screen> in
 <filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to enable DRI support.</para></note>
+<filename>/etc/modules.conf</filename> to enable <acronym>DRI</acronym> support.</para></note>
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