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@@ -199,10 +199,16 @@ hardware. They are also common in the x86 PC world.
<para>
The armmp kernel supports several development boards and
embedded systems based on the Allwinner A10 (architecture
- codename <quote>sun4i</quote>), A10s/A13 (architecture codename
- <quote>sun5i</quote>) and A20 (architecture codename
- <quote>sun7i</quote>) SoCs. Full installer support is currently
- available for the following sunXi-based systems:
+ codename <quote>sun4i</quote>), A10s/A13 (architecture
+ codename <quote>sun5i</quote>), A20 (architecture
+ codename <quote>sun7i</quote>), A31/A31s (architecture
+ codename <quote>sun6i</quote>) and A23/A33 (part of the
+ <quote>sun8i</quote> family) SoCs.
+
+ Full installer support (including provision of ready-made
+ SD card images with the installer) is currently available
+ for the following sunXi-based systems:
+
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Cubietech Cubieboard 1 + 2 / Cubietruck
@@ -214,42 +220,94 @@ hardware. They are also common in the x86 PC world.
LinkSprite pcDuino and pcDuino3
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Mele A1000
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- Miniand Hackberry
+ Olimex A10-Olinuxino-LIME / A20-Olinuxino-LIME /
+ A20-Olinuxino-LIME2 / A20-Olinuxino Micro / A20-SOM-EVB
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Olimex A10-Olinuxino-LIME / A10s-Olinuxino Micro /
- A13-Olinuxino / A13-Olinuxino Micro /
- A20-Olinuxino-LIME / A20-Olinuxino-LIME2 / A20-Olinuxino Micro
+ Xunlong OrangePi Plus
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>
- PineRiver Mini X-Plus
- </para></listitem>
-
</itemizedlist>
- </para>
+ </para>
+
<para>
- System support for Allwinner sunXi-based devices is limited to
- drivers and device-tree information available in the mainline
- Linux kernel. The android-derived linux-sunxi.org 3.4 kernel
- series is not supported by &debian;.
+ System support for Allwinner sunXi-based devices is
+ limited to drivers and device-tree information available
+ in the mainline Linux kernel. Vendor-specific kernel
+ trees (such as the Allwinner SDK kernels) and the
+ android-derived linux-sunxi.org kernel 3.4 series are not
+ supported by &debian;.
</para>
<para>
- The mainline Linux kernel generally supports serial console,
- ethernet, SATA, USB and MMC/SD-cards on Allwinner A10, A10s/A13
- and A20 SoCs, but it does not have native drivers for the
- display (HDMI/VGA/LCD) and audio hardware in these SoCs. The
- NAND flash memory that is built into some sunXi-based systems is
- not supported.
+ The mainline Linux kernel generally supports serial
+ console, ethernet, SATA, USB and MMC/SD-cards on
+ Allwinner A10, A10s/A13, A20, A23/A33 and A31/A31s SoCs.
+ The level of support for local display (HDMI/VGA/LCD) and
+ audio hardware varies between individual systems. For
+ most systems, the kernel doesn't have native graphics
+ drivers but instead uses the <quote>simplefb</quote>
+ infrastructure in which the bootloader initializes the
+ display and the kernel just re-uses the pre-initialized
+ framebuffer. This generally works reasonably well,
+ although it results in certain limitations (the display
+ resolution cannot be changed on the fly and display
+ powermanagement is not possible).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Onboard flash memory intended to be used as a mass
+ storage device generally exists in two basic variants on
+ sunXi-based systems: raw NAND flash and eMMC flash. Most
+ older sunXi-based boards with onboard flash storage use
+ raw NAND flash for which support is not generally
+ available in the mainline kernel and therefore also not
+ in Debian. A number of newer systems use eMMC flash
+ instead of raw NAND flash. An eMMC flash chip basically
+ appears as a fast, non-removable SD card and is supported
+ in the same way as a regular SD card.
</para>
+
<para>
- Using a local display is technically possible without native
- display drivers via the <quote>simplefb</quote> infrastructure
- in the mainline kernel, which relies on the
- <quote>U-Boot</quote> bootloader for initialising the display
- hardware.
+ The installer includes basic support for a number of
+ sunXi-based systems not listed above, but it is largely
+ untested on those systems as the &debian; project doesn't
+ have access to the corresponding hardware. No pre-built
+ SD card images with the installer are provided for those
+ systems. Development boards with such limited support
+ include:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Olimex A10s-Olinuxino Micro / A13-Olinuxino /
+ A13-Olinuxino Micro
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sinovoip BPI-M2 (A31s-based)
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Xunlong Orange Pi (A20-based) / Orange Pi Mini (A20-based)
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In addition to the SoCs and systems listed above, the
+ installer has very limited support for the Allwinner H3
+ SoC and a number of boards based on it. Mainline kernel
+ support for the H3 is still largely work in progress at
+ the time of the Debian 9 relase freeze, so the installer
+ only supports serial console, MMC/SD and the USB host
+ controller on H3-based systems. There is no driver for
+ the on-board ethernet port of the H3 yet, so networking
+ is only possible with a USB ethernet adaptor or a USB
+ wifi dongle. Systems based on the H3 for which such very
+ basic installer support is available include:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ FriendlyARM NanoPi NEO
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Xunlong Orange Pi Lite / Orange Pi One / Orange Pi PC /
+ Orange Pi PC Plus / Orange Pi Plus / Orange Pi Plus 2E /
+ Orange Pi 2
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>