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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2007-07-26 00:36:32 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2007-07-26 00:36:32 +0000
commit7afb7da18c66015e9f428dd67f75b16cb6aeb91f (patch)
tree9c550e6ac492b31bcee8634046a031f7b8617017 /en/hardware/supported
parentaca504b3950c525b8e61dde1445623174dd47f65 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-7afb7da18c66015e9f428dd67f75b16cb6aeb91f.zip
* Support for sparc32 has been discontinued for Lenny. This also means that
booting from floppy is no longer supported for sparc.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/hardware/supported')
-rw-r--r--en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml23
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>