diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'en/hardware')
| -rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/supported/arm.xml | 34 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml index 9a551e0a8..f14eac113 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ architecture, where all systems share a common system firmware (BIOS or/and UEFI) which handles the board-specific basic hardware initialization in a standardized way. -The ARM architecture is used mainly in so-called <quote>systems-on-chip</quote> (SOCs). -These SOCs are designed by many different companies with vastly varying +The ARM architecture is used mainly in so-called <quote>systems-on-chip</quote> (SoCs). +These SoCs are designed by many different companies with vastly varying hardware components even for the very basic functionality required to bring the system up. Systems using them usually lack a common system firmware interface and as a result, on ARM systems the Linux kernel has to take care @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ anymore from Debian 8 onwards. <term>Freescale MX53 Quick Start Board</term> <listitem> <para> - The IMX53QSB is a development board based on the i.MX53 SOC. + The IMX53QSB is a development board based on the i.MX53 SoC. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -210,15 +210,16 @@ anymore from Debian 8 onwards. <para> The armmp kernel supports several development boards and embedded systems based on the Allwinner A10 (architecture - codename <quote>sun4i</quote>) and A20 (architecture codename - <quote>sun7i</quote>) SOCs. Full installer support is currently + 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: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> Cubietech Cubieboard 1 + 2 / Cubietruck </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - LeMaker Banana Pi + LeMaker Banana Pi and Banana Pro </para></listitem> <listitem><para> LinkSprite pcDuino @@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ anymore from Debian 8 onwards. <listitem><para> Olimex A10-Olinuxino-LIME / A10s-Olinuxino Micro / A13-Olinuxino / A13-Olinuxino Micro / - A20-Olinuxino-LIME / A20-Olinuxino Micro + A20-Olinuxino-LIME / A20-Olinuxino-LIME2 / A20-Olinuxino Micro </para></listitem> <listitem><para> PineRiver Mini X-Plus @@ -248,10 +249,19 @@ anymore from Debian 8 onwards. </para> <para> The mainline Linux kernel generally supports serial console, - ethernet, SATA, USB and MMC/SD-cards on Allwinner A10 and A20 - SOCs, but it does not have local display (HDMI/VGA/LVDS) and - audio support. The NAND flash memory that is built into some - sunXi-based systems is not supported. + 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. + </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 initializing the display + hardware, but this is not supported by the u-boot version in + &debian; 8. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -261,7 +271,7 @@ anymore from Debian 8 onwards. <listitem> <para> The Cubox-i series is a set of small, cubical-shaped systems - based on the Freescale i.MX6 SOC family. System support for + based on the Freescale i.MX6 SoC family. System support for the Cubox-i series is limited to drivers and device-tree information available in the mainline Linux kernel; the Freescale 3.0 kernel series for the Cubox-i is not supported by |