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author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2014-03-19 19:27:26 +0000 |
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committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2014-03-19 19:27:26 +0000 |
commit | 3240732cbcf939b2448d29a60ec93764ef3c8122 (patch) | |
tree | e7ed339d19014c26b97049012005508b321f58e3 /en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | |
parent | b6a2594518fee24fe076fdab9bab5c5e5e1f2c8d (diff) | |
download | installation-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')
-rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 30 |
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 — also called <quote>symmetric multiprocessing</quote> or SMP — 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. |