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-<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- $Id$ -->
-
- <sect2 arch="sparc" id="sparc-cpus">
- <title>CPU and Main Boards Support</title>
-<para>
-
-Sparc-based hardware is divided into a number of different subarchitectures,
-identified by one of the following names: sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m, sun4u
-or sun4v. The following list describes what machines they include and what
-level of support may be expected for each of them.
-
-</para>
-
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m</term>
-
-<listitem><para>
-
-None of these 32-bit sparc subarchitectures (sparc32) is supported. For a
-complete list of machines belonging to these subarchitectures, please consult
-the <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation">Wikipedia
-SPARCstation page</ulink>.
-
-</para><para>
-
-The last &debian; release to support sparc32 was Etch, but even then only
-for sun4m systems. Support for the other 32-bits subarchitectures had
-already been discontinued after earlier releases.
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term>sun4u</term>
-
-<listitem><para>
-
-This subarchitecture includes all 64-bit machines (sparc64) based on
-the UltraSparc processor and its clones. Most of the machines are well
-supported, even though for some you may experience problems booting from
-CD due to firmware or bootloader bugs (this problem may be worked around
-by using netbooting). Use the sparc64 or sparc64-smp kernel in UP and SMP
-configurations respectively.
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry>
-<term>sun4v</term>
-
-<listitem><para>
-
-This is the newest addition to the Sparc family, which includes machines
-based on the Niagara multi-core CPUs. At the moment such CPUs are only
-available in T1000 and T2000 servers by Sun, and are well supported. Use
-the sparc64-smp kernel.
-
-</para></listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-<para>
-
-Note that Fujitsu's SPARC64 CPUs used in PRIMEPOWER family of servers are not
-supported due to lack of support in the Linux kernel.
-
-</para>
- </sect2>