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-rw-r--r--nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml14
-rw-r--r--nl/hardware/installation-media.xml36
-rw-r--r--nl/hardware/network-cards.xml8
-rw-r--r--nl/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml99
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 149 deletions
diff --git a/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
index 851d110e7..4e7de344b 100644
--- a/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
+++ b/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+<!-- original version: 53453 untranslated -->
<sect1 id="hardware-supported">
<title>Supported Hardware</title>
@@ -109,16 +109,11 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>.
</row>
<row>
- <entry morerows="4">MIPS (little endian)</entry>
- <entry morerows="4">mipsel</entry>
+ <entry morerows="2">MIPS (little endian)</entry>
+ <entry morerows="2">mipsel</entry>
<entry>Cobalt</entry>
<entry>cobalt</entry>
</row><row>
- <entry morerows="1">DECstation</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
<entry>Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM)</entry>
<entry>sb1-bcm91250a</entry>
</row><row>
@@ -247,8 +242,7 @@ listing</ulink> for Broadcom evaluation boards is available.
</para><para arch="mipsel">
-The X.Org X Window System is supported on some DECstation models. The
-Broadcom BCM91250A and BCM91480B evaluation boards have standard 3.3v PCI
+The Broadcom BCM91250A and BCM91480B evaluation boards have standard 3.3v PCI
slots and support VGA emulation or Linux framebuffer on a selected range
of graphics cards. A <ulink url="&url-bcm91250a-hardware;">compatibility
listing</ulink> for Broadcom evaluation boards is available.
diff --git a/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml b/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml
index e62b87ad9..053e597a1 100644
--- a/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml
+++ b/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+<!-- original version: 53452 untranslated -->
<sect1 id="installation-media">
<title>Installation Media</title>
@@ -93,40 +93,6 @@ provided because the firmware doesn't recognize CD drives. In order to
install Debian on an Broadcom BCM91480B evaluation board, you need an PCI
IDE, SATA or SCSI card.
-</para><para arch="mipsel">
-
-On DECstations, booting from CD-ROM requires a SCSI CD-ROM drive
-capable of working with a logical blocksize of 512 bytes. Many of the
-SCSI CD-ROM drives sold on the PC market do not have this capability.
-If your CD-ROM drive has a jumper labeled <quote>Unix/PC</quote> or
-<quote>512/2048</quote>, place it in the <quote>Unix</quote> or
-<quote>512</quote> position.
-
-</para><para arch="mipsel">
-
-CD 1 contains the installer for the r3k-kn02 subarchitecture
-(the R3000-based DECstations 5000/1xx and 5000/240 as well as
-the R3000-based Personal DECstation models), CD 2 the
-installer for the r4k-kn04 subarchitecture (the R4x00-based
-DECstations 5000/150 and 5000/260 as well as the Personal DECstation
-5000/50).
-
-</para><para arch="mipsel">
-
-To boot from CD, issue the command <userinput>boot
-<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable></userinput>
-on the firmware prompt, where <replaceable>#</replaceable> is the
-number of the TurboChannel device from which to boot (3 on most
-DECstations) and <replaceable>id</replaceable> is the SCSI ID of the
-CD-ROM drive. If you need to pass additional parameters, they can
-optionally be appended with the following syntax:
-
-</para><para arch="mipsel">
-
-<userinput>boot
-<replaceable>#</replaceable>/rz<replaceable>id</replaceable>
-param1=value1 param2=value2 ...</userinput>
-
</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/nl/hardware/network-cards.xml b/nl/hardware/network-cards.xml
index dc50402bb..ad65cdf36 100644
--- a/nl/hardware/network-cards.xml
+++ b/nl/hardware/network-cards.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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+<!-- original version: 53452 untranslated -->
<sect1 id="network-cards">
<title>Network Connectivity Hardware</title>
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-</para><para arch="mipsel">
-
-Due to kernel limitations only the onboard network interfaces on
-DECstations are supported, TurboChannel option network cards currently
-do not work.
-
</para><para arch="s390">
The list of supported network devices is:
diff --git a/nl/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml b/nl/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
index b5c9dec91..f18bdc8ce 100644
--- a/nl/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
+++ b/nl/hardware/supported/mipsel.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-<!-- original version: 36732 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 53452 untranslated -->
<sect2 arch="mipsel"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title>
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ Debian on &arch-title; supports the following platforms:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-DECstation: various models of the DECstation are supported.
-
-</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para>
-
Cobalt Microserver: only MIPS based Cobalt machines are covered here. This
includes the Cobalt Qube 2700 (Qube1), RaQ, Qube2 and RaQ2, and the Gateway
Microserver.
@@ -47,66 +42,7 @@ debian-&arch-listname; mailing list</ulink>.
<para>
-Currently only DECstations with R3000 and R4000/R4400 CPUs are
-supported by the Debian installation system on little endian MIPS.
-The Debian installation system works on the following machines:
-
-</para><para>
-
-<informaltable>
-<tgroup cols="4">
-<thead>
-<row>
- <entry>System Type</entry><entry>CPU</entry><entry>Code-name</entry>
- <entry>Debian subarchitecture</entry>
-</row>
-</thead>
-
-<tbody>
-<row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/1xx</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MIN</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/150</entry>
- <entry>R4000</entry>
- <entry>3MIN</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/200</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MAX</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/240</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>3MAX+</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>DECstation 5000/260</entry>
- <entry>R4400</entry>
- <entry>3MAX+</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/xx</entry>
- <entry>R3000</entry>
- <entry>Maxine</entry>
- <entry>r3k-kn02</entry>
-</row><row>
- <entry>Personal DECstation 5000/50</entry>
- <entry>R4000</entry>
- <entry>Maxine</entry>
- <entry>r4k-kn04</entry>
-</row>
-</tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
-
-</para><para>
-
-All Cobalt machines are supported. In the past, only machines with a
-serial console were supported (that is, all machines except for the Qube
-2700, aka Qube1). However, installations are now also possible through
-SSH.
+All MIPS based Cobalt machines are supported.
</para><para>
@@ -121,37 +57,6 @@ which are supported in SMP mode.
<sect3><title>Supported console options</title>
<para>
-A serial console is available on all supported DECstations (9600 bps,
-8N1). To use the serial console, you have to boot the installer image
-with the <literal>console=ttyS</literal><replaceable>x</replaceable> kernel
-parameter (with <replaceable>x</replaceable> being the number
-of the serial port you have your terminal connected to &mdash; usually
-<literal>2</literal>, but <literal>0</literal> for the Personal DECstations).
-On 3MIN and 3MAX+ (DECstation 5000/1xx, 5000/240 and 5000/260) a local console
-is available with the PMAG-BA and the PMAGB-B graphics options.
-
-</para><para>
-
-If you have a Linux system to use as serial terminal, an easy way
-is to run <command>cu</command><footnote>
-
-<para>
-In Woody this command was part of the <classname>uucp</classname> package,
-but in later releases it is available as a separate package.
-</para>
-
-</footnote> on it. Example:
-
-<informalexample><screen>
-$ cu -l /dev/ttyS1 -s 9600
-</screen></informalexample>
-
-where the option <literal>-l</literal> (line) sets the serial port to use
-and <literal>-s</literal> (speed) sets the speed for the connection (9600
-bits per second).
-
-</para><para>
-
Both Cobalt and Broadcom BCM91250A/BCM91480B use 115200 bps.
</para>