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authorKarsten Merker <merker@debian.org>2014-03-19 19:27:26 +0000
committerKarsten Merker <merker@debian.org>2014-03-19 19:27:26 +0000
commit3240732cbcf939b2448d29a60ec93764ef3c8122 (patch)
treee7ed339d19014c26b97049012005508b321f58e3 /en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
parentb6a2594518fee24fe076fdab9bab5c5e5e1f2c8d (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-3240732cbcf939b2448d29a60ec93764ef3c8122.zip
Installation guide updates:
- updated supported hardware for armel and armhf - removed ia64 and s390 from the supported architecture list for Jessie - updated several common entities for Jessie - some other tiny fixes/updates for Jessie
Diffstat (limited to 'en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
index 0c6b84208..8fba8762b 100644
--- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ information can be found.
<sect2><title>Supported Architectures</title>
<para>
-&debian; GNU/Linux &release; supports eleven major architectures and several
+&debian; GNU/Linux &release; supports nine major architectures and several
variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
</para><para>
@@ -56,11 +56,8 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
</row>
<row>
- <entry morerows="4">ARM</entry>
- <entry morerows="4">armel</entry>
- <entry>Intel IOP32x</entry>
- <entry>iop32x</entry>
-</row><row>
+ <entry morerows="3">ARM</entry>
+ <entry morerows="3">armel</entry>
<entry>Intel IXP4xx</entry>
<entry>ixp4xx</entry>
</row><row>
@@ -88,15 +85,6 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
<entry>armmp-lpae</entry>
</row>
-
-
-<row>
- <entry>Intel IA-64</entry>
- <entry>ia64</entry>
- <entry></entry>
- <entry></entry>
-</row>
-
<row>
<entry morerows="3">MIPS (big endian)</entry>
<entry morerows="3">mips</entry>
@@ -116,7 +104,6 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
<row>
<entry morerows="1">MIPS (little endian)</entry>
<entry morerows="1">mipsel</entry>
-</row><row>
<entry>MIPS Malta (32 bit)</entry>
<entry>4kc-malta</entry>
</row><row>
@@ -143,12 +130,14 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
<entry>sun4v</entry>
</row>
+<!--
<row>
<entry>IBM S/390</entry>
<entry>s390</entry>
<entry>IPL from VM-reader and DASD</entry>
<entry>generic</entry>
</row>
+-->
<row>
<entry>64bit IBM S/390</entry>
@@ -259,8 +248,8 @@ with GNU/Linux, see for example the
Multiprocessor support &mdash; also called <quote>symmetric
multiprocessing</quote> or SMP &mdash; is available for this
architecture. Having multiple processors in a computer was originally
-only an issue for high-end server systems but has become quite common in
-recent years even for rather low-end desktop computers and laptops with
+only an issue for high-end server systems but has become common in
+recent years nearly everywhere with
the introduction of so called <quote>multi-core</quote> processors. These contain
two or more processor units, called <quote>cores</quote>, in one physical chip.
@@ -285,10 +274,9 @@ will detect the number of processors (or processor cores) and will
automatically deactivate SMP on uniprocessor systems.
</para><para>
-
Having multiple processors in a computer was originally
-only an issue for high-end server systems but has become quite common in
-recent years even for rather low-end desktop computers and laptops with
+only an issue for high-end server systems but has become common in
+recent years nearly everywhere with
the introduction of so called <quote>multi-core</quote> processors. These contain
two or more processor units, called <quote>cores</quote>, in one physical chip.