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author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000 |
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committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000 |
commit | ed0bcd3640b7112a2db53abe84f1da4d138d9677 (patch) | |
tree | 3011f0a624c0952d194c197b699f8b16c81a7070 /en/hardware/supported | |
parent | 8bdd9488fc14f8b0ca40b0e195b8d6780fd3a539 (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-ed0bcd3640b7112a2db53abe84f1da4d138d9677.zip |
* Update of supported subarches/flavors for powerpc.
* hardware-supported:
- suppress m68k from arches table, unless building for m68k
- show which subarches are supported by arm/armel
- various minor updates and improvements
Diffstat (limited to 'en/hardware/supported')
-rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/supported/i386.xml | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml index 850dcf8f9..db1f26355 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/i386.xml @@ -19,15 +19,7 @@ are supported, including all varieties of Intel's "Pentium" series. This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) processors, and processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon. -</para> -<note><para> - -If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel EM64T families, -you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead -of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture. - -</para></note> -<para> +</para><para> However, Debian GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", support @@ -59,9 +51,14 @@ be easily used by most Debian packages; now they can. </footnote>. -</para><para> - </para> +<note><para> + +If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel EM64T families, +you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead +of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture. + +</para></note> </sect3> <sect3 id="bus"><title>I/O Bus</title> diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml b/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml index 1406b2e0c..bc13cb142 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ <sect2 arch="powerpc"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title> <para> +For &debian; &release; only the PMac (Power-Macintosh or PowerMac) and PreP +subarchitectures are supported. + +<!-- There are four major supported <emphasis>&architecture;</emphasis> subarchitectures: PMac (Power-Macintosh or PowerMac), PReP, APUS (Amiga Power-UP System), and CHRP machines. Each subarchitecture has its own boot @@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ supporting different CPU variants. Ports to other <emphasis>&architecture;</emphasis> architectures, such as the Be-Box and MBX architecture, are underway but not yet supported by Debian. We may have a 64-bit port in the future. +--> </para> @@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ by Debian. We may have a 64-bit port in the future. <para> -There are four flavours of the powerpc kernel in Debian, based on the +There are two flavours of the powerpc kernel in Debian, based on the CPU type: <variablelist> @@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ POWER4 architecture, and use this kernel flavour. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> +<!-- <varlistentry> <term>prep</term> <listitem><para> @@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ currently disabled. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> +--> </variablelist> </para> @@ -297,7 +304,7 @@ and, for older hardware, </sect3> - <sect3><title>CHRP subarchitecture</title> + <sect3><title>CHRP subarchitecture (unsupported)</title> <para> @@ -326,7 +333,7 @@ and, for older hardware, </sect3> - <sect3><title>APUS subarchitecture</title> + <sect3><title>APUS subarchitecture (unsupported)</title> <para> |