* Support for sparc32 has been discontinued for Lenny. This also means that

  booting from floppy is no longer supported for sparc.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml b/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml
index 31ffeca6a..3e83fddac 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ level of support may be expected for each of them.
 </para>
 
 <variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
+<varlistentry condition="etch">
 <term>sun4, sun4c, sun4d</term>
 
 <listitem><para>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SPARCstation page</ulink>.
 </para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
-<varlistentry>
+<varlistentry condition="etch">
 <term>sun4m</term>
 
 <listitem><para>
@@ -46,6 +46,25 @@ machines, although it will activate and use only the first CPU.
 </para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
+<varlistentry condition="lenny">
+<term>sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m</term>
+
+<listitem><para>
+
+None of these 32-bit sparc subarchitectures (sparc32) is supported. For a
+complete list of machines belonging to these subarchitectures, please consult
+the <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation">Wikipedia
+SPARCstation page</ulink>.
+
+</para><para>
+
+The last Debian release to support sparc32 was Etch, but even then only
+for sun4m systems. Support for the other 32-bits subarchitectures had
+already been discontinued after earlier releases.
+
+</para></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
 <varlistentry>
 <term>sun4u</term>