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| -rw-r--r-- | build/templates/docstruct.ent | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml | 1 |
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build/templates/docstruct.ent b/build/templates/docstruct.ent index 543bb3f1b..c6a3bd2d2 100644 --- a/build/templates/docstruct.ent +++ b/build/templates/docstruct.ent @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ <!ENTITY bios-setup-powerpc.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/preparing/bios-setup/powerpc.xml"> <!ENTITY bios-setup-s390.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/preparing/bios-setup/s390.xml"> <!ENTITY bios-setup-sparc.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/preparing/bios-setup/sparc.xml"> - + <!ENTITY bios-setup-arm.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml"> <!ENTITY install-methods.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/install-methods/install-methods.xml"> <!ENTITY official-cdrom.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/install-methods/official-cdrom.xml"> <!ENTITY downloading-files.xml SYSTEM "##SRCPATH##/install-methods/downloading-files.xml"> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 64663a317..2b1088410 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ installation-guide (201312xx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - update the platform support status * Disable the "Booting the SS4000-E" section as it describes hardware which is not supported in Jessie anymore (Intel iop32-based NAS). + * Add an "ARM firmware" subsection in the "Pre-Installation Hardware + and Operating System Setup" section. * Remove ia64 and s390 from the supported architecture list for Jessie. * Update several common entities for Jessie. diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml b/en/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..24c2a0818 --- /dev/null +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/arm.xml @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> +<!-- $Id: sparc.xml 43641 2006-12-29 05:23:38Z fjp $ --> + + + <sect2 arch="arm" id="arm-firmware-overview"><title>ARM firmware</title> + + <para> + As already mentioned before, there is unfortunately no standard for + system firmware on ARM systems. Even the behaviour of different + systems which use nominally the same firmware can be quite different. + This results from the fact that a large part of the devices using the + ARM architecture are embedded systems, for which the manufacturers + usually build heavily customized firmware versions and include + device-specific patches. Unfortunately the manufacturers often do not + submit their changes and extensions back to the mainline firmware + developers, so their changes are not integrated into newer versions of + the original firmware. + </para> + <para> + As a result even newly sold systems often use a firmware that is based + on a years-old manufacturer-modified version of a firmware whose + mainline codebase has evolved a lot further in the meantime and offers + additional features or shows different behaviour in certain aspects. + In addition to that, the naming of onboard devices is not consistent + between different manufacturer-modified versions of the same firmware, + therefore it is nearly impossible to provide usable + product-independend instructions for ARM-based systems. + </para> + </sect2> diff --git a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml index 1146432c1..32e3611e4 100644 --- a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml +++ b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ hardware; it is most critically invoked during the bootstrap process &bios-setup-powerpc.xml; &bios-setup-sparc.xml; &bios-setup-s390.xml; +&bios-setup-arm.xml; <sect2 arch="x86;powerpc" id="hardware-issues"> <title>Hardware Issues to Watch Out For</title> |