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+  <sect2 arch="mipsel"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title>
+<para>
+
+Debian on &arch-title; currently supports three subarchitectures:
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>
+
+DECstation: various models of the DECstation are supported.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Cobalt Microserver: only MIPS based Cobalt machines are covered here.
+This included the Cobalt Qube, RaQ, Qube2 and RaQ2, and the Gateway
+Microserver.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
+Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM): this is an ATX form factor evaluation board from
+Broadcom based on their SiByte processor family.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+Complete information regarding supported mips/mipsel machines can be found
+at the <ulink url="&url-linux-mips;">Linux-MIPS homepage</ulink>.  In the
+following, only the systems supported by the Debian installer will be
+covered.  If you are looking for support for other subarchitectures, please
+contact the <ulink url="&url-list-subscribe;">
+debian-&architecture; mailing list</ulink>.
+
+</para>
+
+   <sect3><title>CPU/Machine types</title>
+
+<para>
+
+Currently only DECstations with R3000 and R4000/R4400 CPUs are
+supported by the Debian installation system on little endian MIPS.
+The Debian installation system works on the following machines:
+
+</para><para>
+
+<informaltable>
+<tgroup cols="4">
+<thead>
+<row>
+  <entry>System Type</entry><entry>CPU</entry><entry>Code-name</entry>
+  <entry>Debian subarchitecture</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+
+<tbody>
+<row>
+  <entry>DECstation 5000/1xx</entry>
+  <entry>R3000</entry>
+  <entry>3MIN</entry>
+  <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>DECstation 5000/150</entry>
+  <entry>R4000</entry>
+  <entry>3MIN</entry>
+  <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>DECstation 5000/200</entry>
+  <entry>R3000</entry>
+  <entry>3MAX</entry>
+  <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>DECstation 5000/240</entry>
+  <entry>R3000</entry>
+  <entry>3MAX+</entry>
+  <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>DECstation 5000/260</entry>
+  <entry>R4400</entry>
+  <entry>3MAX+</entry>
+  <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/xx</entry>
+  <entry>R3000</entry>
+  <entry>Maxine</entry>
+  <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
+</row><row>
+  <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/50</entry>
+  <entry>R4000</entry>
+  <entry>Maxine</entry>
+  <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
+</row>
+</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+
+</para><para>
+
+All Cobalt machines are supported which have a serial console (which is
+needed for the installation).
+
+</para><para>
+
+The Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board comes with an SB1250 chip with two
+SB-1 cores which are supported in SMP mode by this installer.
+
+</para>
+   </sect3>
+
+   <sect3><title>Supported console options</title>
+<para>
+
+Serial console is available on all supported DECstations (9600 bps,
+8N1). For using serial console, you have to boot the installer image
+with the <literal>console=ttyS</literal><replaceable>x</replaceable> kernel
+parameter (with <replaceable>x</replaceable> being the number
+of the serial port you have your terminal connected to &mdash; usually
+<literal>2</literal>, but <literal>0</literal> for the Personal DECstations).
+On 3MIN and 3MAX+ (DECstation 5000/1xx, 5000/240 and 5000/260) local console
+is available with the PMAG-BA and the PMAGB-B graphics options.
+
+</para><para>
+
+If you have a Linux system to use as serial terminal, an easy way
+is to run <command>cu</command><footnote>
+
+<para>
+In Woody this command was part of the <classname>uucp</classname> package,
+but in later releases it is available as a separate package.
+</para>
+
+</footnote> on it. Example:
+
+<informalexample><screen>
+$ cu -l /dev/ttyS1 -s 9600
+</screen></informalexample>
+
+where the option <literal>-l</literal> (line) sets the serial port to use
+and <literal>-s</literal> (speed) sets the speed for the connection (9600
+bits per second).
+
+</para><para>
+
+Both Cobalt and Broadcom BCM91250A use 115200 bps.
+
+</para>
+   </sect3>
+  </sect2>