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Diffstat (limited to 'en/boot-installer')
-rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml | 38 |
3 files changed, 42 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml index fcd833c64..976f4903a 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Some users may need specific support because of e.g. some visual impairment. -<phrase arch="ia64;powerpc;x86">USB braille displays are detected +<phrase arch="ia64;powerpc;ppc64el;x86">USB braille displays are detected automatically (not serial displays connected via a serial-to-USB converter), but most other</phrase> <phrase arch="arm;hppa;mips;mipsel;sparc">Most</phrase> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ boxes. The choice can be made at the boot prompt, see the documentation for </para> </sect2> - <sect2 arch="ia64;powerpc;x86"> + <sect2 arch="ia64;powerpc;ppc64el;x86"> <title>USB Braille Displays</title> <para> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ url="&url-brltty-driver-help;"><classname>brltty</classname> website</ulink>. </para> </sect2> - <sect2 arch="ia64;powerpc;x86"> + <sect2 arch="ia64;powerpc;ppc64el;x86"> <title>Serial Braille Displays</title> <para> diff --git a/en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml b/en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml index f8a81078b..29e8e3a4a 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <!-- Include only archs that are documented to avoid build-errors --> <!-- The arch="..." condition can be deleted when al archs are present --> - <sect1 arch="arm;any-x86;ia64;mips;mipsel;s390;powerpc;sparc"> + <sect1 arch="arm;any-x86;ia64;mips;mipsel;s390;powerpc;ppc64el;sparc"> <title>Booting the Installer on &arch-title;</title> <!-- This info is so architecture dependent, that I have turned the --> diff --git a/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml b/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml index 642a8d460..5351bf9f0 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml @@ -283,3 +283,41 @@ hardware, this changes to </para> </sect2> + + <sect2 arch="ppc64el"> <title>Booting a ppc64el machine</title> +<para> + +How to boot a ppc64el machine: + +</para> + + <sect3> <title>Petitboot</title> +<para> + +Petitboot is a platform independent bootloader based on the Linux kexec. +Petitboot supports loading kernel, initrd and device tree files from +any Linux mountable filesystem, plus can load files from the network +using the FTP, SFTP, TFTP, NFS, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. Petitboot can +boot any operating system that includes kexec boot support. + +</para><para> + +Petitboot looks for bootloader configuration files on mountable devices +in the system, and can also be configured to use boot information from a +DHCP server. + +</para> + </sect3> + +<!-- comment this out for now, since there is no content + <sect3> <title>Boot parameters</title> +<para> + Boot parameters for ppc64el + +FIXME: add some useful content here + +</para> + </sect3> +--> + + </sect2> |