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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/supported | |
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/supported')
-rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/supported/arm.xml | 75 |
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml index f56a1ae57..b312722a3 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ architecture, where all systems share a common system firmware (BIOS or/and UEFI) which handles the board-specific basic hardware initialization in a standardized way. -The ARM architecture is used mainly in so-called "systems-on-chip" (SOCs). +The ARM architecture is used mainly in so-called <quote>systems-on-chip</quote> (SOCs). These SOCs are designed by many different companies with vastly varying hardware components even for the very basic functionality required to bring the system up. Systems using them usually lack a common system firmware @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mainboard's BIOS in the PC world. At the beginning of the ARM support in the Linux kernel, this resulted in the requirement of having a seperate kernel for each ARM system in contrast -to the "one-fits-all" kernel for PC systems. As this approach does not +to the <quote>one-fits-all</quote> kernel for PC systems. As this approach does not scale to a large number of different systems, work has started to be able to provide a single ARM kernel that can run on different ARM systems. Support for newer ARM systems gets implemented in a way that allows the use of such @@ -84,20 +84,6 @@ platform-specific kernels. <variablelist> <varlistentry> -<term>IOP32x</term> -<listitem><para> - -Intel's I/O Processor (IOP) line is found in a number of products related -to data storage and processing. &debian; currently supports the IOP32x -platform, featuring the IOP 80219 and 32x chips commonly found in Network -Attached Storage (NAS) devices. &debian; explicitly supports two such -devices: the <ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-glantank;">GLAN Tank</ulink> from -IO-Data and the <ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-n2100;">Thecus N2100</ulink>. - -</para></listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> <term>Kirkwood</term> <listitem><para> @@ -144,16 +130,38 @@ test and run &debian; on ARM if you don't have the hardware. </para> </sect3> +<sect3 arch="arm"><title>Platforms no longer supported by Debian/armel</title> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term>IOP32x</term> +<listitem><para> + +Intel's I/O Processor (IOP) line is found in a number of products +related to data storage and processing, such as the <ulink +url="&url-arm-cyrius-glantank;">GLAN Tank</ulink> from IO-Data and the +<ulink url="&url-arm-cyrius-n2100;">Thecus N2100</ulink>. &debian; has +supported the IOP32x platform in &debian; 7, but does not support +it anymore from version 8 on due to hardware constraints of the platform +which make it unsuitable for the installation of newer &debian; releases. + +</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + + +</sect3> + <sect3 arch="arm"><title>Platforms supported by Debian/armhf</title> <para> - The following platforms are supported by &debian;/armhf using the + The following systems are known to work with &debian;/armhf using the multiplatform (armmp) kernel: <variablelist> <varlistentry> - <term>Freescale MX53 Quick Start Board, Codename "LOCO"</term> + <term>Freescale MX53 Quick Start Board</term> <listitem> <para> The IMX53QSB is a development board based on the i.MX53 SOC. @@ -161,8 +169,39 @@ test and run &debian; on ARM if you don't have the hardware. </listitem> </varlistentry> +<!-- + <varlistentry> + <term>Versatile Express</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The Versatile Express is a development board series from ARM + consisting of a baseboard which can be equipped with various CPU + daughterboards. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> +--> + </variablelist> </para> + + <para> + + Generally, the ARM multiplatform support in the Linux kernel allows + running &d-i; on armhf systems not explicitly listed above, as long as + the kernel used by &d-i; has support for the target system's components + and a device-tree file for the target is available. In these cases, the + installer can usually provide a working userland installation, but it + probably cannot automatically make the system bootable, as doing that in + many cases requires device-specific information. + + </para> + <para> + When using &d-i; on such systems, you have to manually make the system + bootable at the end of the installation, e.g. by running the required + commands in a shell started from within &d-i;. + </para> + </sect3> </sect2> |