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diff --git a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml deleted file mode 100644 index baa209b29..000000000 --- a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 56248 untranslated --> - - - <sect2 arch="i386"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title> -<para> - -Complete information concerning supported peripherals can be found at -<ulink url="&url-hardware-howto;">Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</ulink>. -This section merely outlines the basics. - -</para> - - <sect3><title>CPU</title> -<para> - -Nearly all x86-based (IA-32) processors still in use in personal computers -are supported, including all varieties of Intel's "Pentium" series. -This also includes 32-bit AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) processors, and -processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon. - -</para><para> - -However, &debian; GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run -on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", support -for actual 80386 processors (and their clones) was dropped with the Sarge -(r3.1) release of &debian;<footnote> - -<para> -We have long tried to avoid this, but in the end it was necessary due a -unfortunate series of issues with the compiler and the kernel, starting -with an bug in the C++ ABI provided by GCC. You should still be able to -run &debian; GNU/Linux on actual 80386 processors if you compile your own -kernel and compile all packages from source, but that is beyond the -scope of this manual. -</para> - -</footnote>. (No version of Linux has ever supported the 286 or earlier -chips in the series.) All i486 and later processors are still -supported<footnote> - -<para> - -Many &debian; packages will actually run slightly faster on modern computers -as a positive side effect of dropping support for these old chips. The -i486, introduced in 1989, has three opcodes (bswap, cmpxchg, and xadd) -which the i386, introduced in 1986, did not have. Previously, these could not -be easily used by most &debian; packages; now they can. - -</para> - -</footnote>. - -</para> -<note><para> - -If your system has a 64-bit processor from the AMD64 or Intel EM64T families, -you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead -of the installer for the (32-bit) i386 architecture. - -</para></note> - </sect3> - - <sect3 id="bus"><title>I/O Bus</title> -<para> - -The system bus is the part of the motherboard which allows the CPU to -communicate with peripherals such as storage devices. Your computer -must use the ISA, EISA, PCI, PCIe, PCI-X, or VESA Local Bus (VLB, sometimes called the VL -bus). Essentially all personal computers sold in recent years use one -of these. - -</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - |