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authorMartin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>2006-03-19 04:18:28 +0000
committerMartin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>2006-03-19 04:18:28 +0000
commit1e7a2bacb7a9283507ddaa2ecb1f329126ddd9a1 (patch)
tree515a75071efda52ca84e828b83ca0bd04bd5c9d3 /en/hardware
parent901ed96dbd1f58c817c78492ea5041b2c262f821 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-1e7a2bacb7a9283507ddaa2ecb1f329126ddd9a1.zip
Add support for the SGI O2 (IP32) machines (with R5000 CPU).
Diffstat (limited to 'en/hardware')
-rw-r--r--en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml10
-rw-r--r--en/hardware/supported/mips.xml8
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
index 158d7937f..8d01923ba 100644
--- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
@@ -137,13 +137,16 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
</row>
<row>
- <entry morerows="3">MIPS (big endian)</entry>
+ <entry morerows="4">MIPS (big endian)</entry>
<entry morerows="2">mips</entry>
- <entry morerows="1">SGI Indy/Indigo 2</entry>
+ <entry morerows="1">SGI IP22 (Indy/Indigo 2)</entry>
<entry>r4k-ip22</entry>
</row><row>
<entry>r5k-ip22</entry>
</row><row>
+ <entry>SGI IP32 (O2)</entry>
+ <entry>r5k-ip32</entry>
+</row><row>
<entry>Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM)</entry>
<entry>sb1-bcm91250a</entry>
</row><row>
@@ -240,7 +243,8 @@ with X.Org version &x11ver;.
</para><para arch="mips">
-The X.Org X11 window system is only supported on the SGI Indy. The
+<!-- FIXME: mention explicit graphics chips and not system names -->
+The X.Org X11 window system is only supported on the SGI Indy and the O2. The
Broadcom BCM91250A and BCM91480B evaluation boards have standard 3.3v PCI
slots and support VGA emulation or Linux framebuffer on a selected range
of graphics cards. A <ulink url="&url-bcm91250a-hardware;">compatibility
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml b/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml
index d9fce4361..540c59ebb 100644
--- a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml
+++ b/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ refers to the SGI Indy, the Indigo 2 and Challenge S are meant as well.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+SGI IP32: this platform is generally known as SGI O2.
+
+</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>
+
Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM): this is an ATX form factor evaluation board
from Broadcom based on the dual-core SB1 1250 CPU.
@@ -43,7 +48,8 @@ debian-&arch-listname; mailing list</ulink>.
On SGI IP22, SGI Indy, Indigo 2 and Challenge S with R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000
processors are supported by the Debian installation system on big endian
-MIPS. The Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board comes with an SB1 1250 chip with
+MIPS. On SGI IP32, currently only systems based on the R5000 are supported.
+The Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board comes with an SB1 1250 chip with
two cores which are supported in SMP mode by this installer. Similarly,
the BCM91480B evaluation board contains an SB1A 1480 chip with four cores
which are supported in SMP mode.