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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2008-10-03 17:07:28 +0000
commited0bcd3640b7112a2db53abe84f1da4d138d9677 (patch)
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parent8bdd9488fc14f8b0ca40b0e195b8d6780fd3a539 (diff)
downloadinstallation-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.xml19
-rw-r--r--en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml13
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>