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| author | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2015-04-08 20:26:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> | 2015-04-08 20:26:55 +0000 |
| commit | 080924818d6e73b5c1380792b450d5cc0fbf3c07 (patch) | |
| tree | 7dc8f3c2ec957852af05e3f6cf1f8475736d9a16 /en/hardware/supported/arm.xml | |
| parent | 8fad907c0413d6b43d8172ceaeb34e7b56bbae2d (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-080924818d6e73b5c1380792b450d5cc0fbf3c07.zip | |
Installation-Guide: Describe the limited support for the IXP4xx platform
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diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml index f14eac113..07cee9813 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml @@ -90,6 +90,15 @@ platform-specific kernels. The Intel IXP4xx processor series is used in network attached storage devices like the Linksys NSLU2. +</para><para> + +While there is kernel support for this platform in &debian; 8, it is not +supported by the &d-i;. It is possible to do a <quote>dist-upgrade</quote> +from Debian 7 to Debian 8 for existing installations, though. Due to the +low amount of RAM that platforms based on the IXP4xx usually have, this +requires that swap space is enabled prior to upgrading. Support for the +IXP4xx will probably be dropped completely in &debian; 9. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> |