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authorMartin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>2008-05-20 20:00:16 +0000
committerMartin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>2008-05-20 20:00:16 +0000
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downloadinstallation-guide-823d83ecda93f68c2587d544a96322df5917559f.zip
Remove everything about DECstation since these machines are no longer
supported.
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-rw-r--r--en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml97
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 96 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml b/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
index 99888bde5..942714b15 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ Debian on &arch-title; supports the following platforms:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-DECstation: various models of the DECstation are supported.
-
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
-
Cobalt Microserver: only MIPS based Cobalt machines are covered here. This
includes the Cobalt Qube 2700 (Qube1), RaQ, Qube2 and RaQ2, and the Gateway
Microserver.
@@ -47,66 +42,7 @@ debian-&arch-listname; mailing list</ulink>.
<para>
-Currently only DECstations with R3000 and R4000/R4400 CPUs are
-supported by the Debian installation system on little endian MIPS.
-The Debian installation system works on the following machines:
-
-</para><para>
-
-<informaltable>
-<tgroup cols="4">
-<thead>
-<row>
- <entry>System Type</entry><entry>CPU</entry><entry>Code-name</entry>
- <entry>Debian subarchitecture</entry>
-</row>
-</thead>
-
-<tbody>
-<row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/1xx</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MIN</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/150</entry>
- <entry>R4000</entry>
- <entry>3MIN</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/200</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MAX</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/240</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MAX+</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/260</entry>
- <entry>R4400</entry>
- <entry>3MAX+</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/xx</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>Maxine</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/50</entry>
- <entry>R4000</entry>
- <entry>Maxine</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row>
-</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
-
-</para><para>
-
-All Cobalt machines are supported. In the past, only machines with a
-serial console were supported (that is, all machines except for the Qube
-2700, aka Qube1). However, installations are now also possible through
-SSH.
+All MIPS based Cobalt machines are supported.
</para><para>
@@ -121,37 +57,6 @@ which are supported in SMP mode.
<sect3><title>Supported console options</title>
<para>
-A serial console is available on all supported DECstations (9600 bps,
-8N1). To use the serial console, you have to boot the installer image
-with the <literal>console=ttyS</literal><replaceable>x</replaceable> kernel
-parameter (with <replaceable>x</replaceable> being the number
-of the serial port you have your terminal connected to &mdash; usually
-<literal>2</literal>, but <literal>0</literal> for the Personal DECstations).
-On 3MIN and 3MAX+ (DECstation 5000/1xx, 5000/240 and 5000/260) a local console
-is available with the PMAG-BA and the PMAGB-B graphics options.
-
-</para><para>
-
-If you have a Linux system to use as serial terminal, an easy way
-is to run <command>cu</command><footnote>
-
-<para>
-In Woody this command was part of the <classname>uucp</classname> package,
-but in later releases it is available as a separate package.
-</para>
-
-</footnote> on it. Example:
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-$ cu -l /dev/ttyS1 -s 9600
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-where the option <literal>-l</literal> (line) sets the serial port to use
-and <literal>-s</literal> (speed) sets the speed for the connection (9600
-bits per second).
-
-</para><para>
-
Both Cobalt and Broadcom BCM91250A/BCM91480B use 115200 bps.
</para>