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-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/accessibility.xml6
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/boot-installer.xml2
-rw-r--r--en/boot-installer/powerpc.xml38
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>