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Diffstat (limited to 'nl/hardware')
| -rw-r--r-- | nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 141 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nl/hardware/installation-media.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml | 57 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nl/hardware/supported/s390.xml | 6 |
4 files changed, 133 insertions, 75 deletions
diff --git a/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index a9699dcfb..c06bd1eff 100644 --- a/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/nl/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 39614 untranslated --> +<!-- original version: 40543 untranslated --> <sect1 id="hardware-supported"> <title>Supported Hardware</title> - <para> Debian does not impose hardware requirements beyond the requirements @@ -25,10 +24,9 @@ information can be found. </para> <sect2><title>Supported Architectures</title> - <para> -Debian &release; supports eleven major architectures and several +Debian &release; supports twelve major architectures and several variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>. </para><para> @@ -44,34 +42,17 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>. <tbody> <row> - <entry morerows="2">Intel x86-based</entry> - <entry morerows="2">i386</entry> - <entry morerows="2"></entry> - <entry>vanilla</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>speakup</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>linux26</entry> + <entry>Intel x86-based</entry> + <entry>i386</entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> </row> <row> - <entry morerows="5">Motorola 680x0</entry> - <entry morerows="5">m68k</entry> - <entry>Atari</entry> - <entry>atari</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>Amiga</entry> - <entry>amiga</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>68k Macintosh</entry> - <entry>mac</entry> -</row><row> - <entry morerows="2">VME</entry> - <entry>bvme6000</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>mvme147</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>mvme16x</entry> + <entry>AMD64 & Intel EM64t</entry> + <entry>amd64</entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> </row> <row> @@ -82,15 +63,6 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>. </row> <row> - <entry morerows="1">Sun SPARC</entry> - <entry morerows="1">sparc</entry> - <entry morerows="1"></entry> - <entry>sun4cdm</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>sun4u</entry> -</row> - -<row> <entry morerows="2">ARM and StrongARM</entry> <entry morerows="2">arm</entry> <entry>Netwinder and CATS</entry> @@ -104,22 +76,6 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>. </row> <row> - <entry morerows="3">IBM/Motorola PowerPC</entry> - <entry morerows="3">powerpc</entry> - <entry>CHRP</entry> - <entry>chrp</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>PowerMac</entry> - <entry>pmac</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>PReP</entry> - <entry>prep</entry> -</row><row> - <entry>APUS</entry> - <entry>apus</entry> -</row> - -<row> <entry morerows="1">HP PA-RISC</entry> <entry morerows="1">hppa</entry> <entry>PA-RISC 1.1</entry> @@ -171,6 +127,51 @@ variations of each architecture known as <quote>flavors</quote>. </row> <row> + <entry morerows="5">Motorola 680x0</entry> + <entry morerows="5">m68k</entry> + <entry>Atari</entry> + <entry>atari</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>Amiga</entry> + <entry>amiga</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>68k Macintosh</entry> + <entry>mac</entry> +</row><row> + <entry morerows="2">VME</entry> + <entry>bvme6000</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>mvme147</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>mvme16x</entry> +</row> + +<row> + <entry morerows="3">IBM/Motorola PowerPC</entry> + <entry morerows="3">powerpc</entry> + <entry>CHRP</entry> + <entry>chrp</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>PowerMac</entry> + <entry>pmac</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>PReP</entry> + <entry>prep</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>APUS</entry> + <entry>apus</entry> +</row> + +<row> + <entry morerows="1">Sun SPARC</entry> + <entry morerows="1">sparc</entry> + <entry morerows="1"></entry> + <entry>sun4cdm</entry> +</row><row> + <entry>sun4u</entry> +</row> + +<row> <entry morerows="1">IBM S/390</entry> <entry morerows="1">s390</entry> <entry>IPL from VM-reader and DASD</entry> @@ -204,11 +205,11 @@ problems; make sure to mention the fact that the bug is on the as well. </para> - </sect2> <!-- supported cpu docs --> &supported-alpha.xml; +&supported-amd64.xml; &supported-arm.xml; &supported-hppa.xml; &supported-i386.xml; @@ -221,7 +222,6 @@ as well. &supported-sparc.xml; <sect2 id="gfx" arch="not-s390"><title>Graphics Card</title> - <para arch="x86"> You should be using a VGA-compatible display interface for the console @@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ of graphics cards. A <ulink url="&url-bcm91250a-hardware;">compatibility listing</ulink> for Broadcom evaluation boards is available. </para> - </sect2> <sect2 arch="x86" id="laptops"><title>Laptops</title> @@ -271,10 +270,8 @@ with GNU/Linux, see the </para> </sect2> - <sect2 condition="defaults-smp"> -<title>Multiple Processors</title> - + <title>Multiple Processors</title> <para> Multi-processor support — also called <quote>symmetric multi-processing</quote> @@ -293,12 +290,30 @@ to do this in <xref linkend="kernel-baking"/>. At this time section of the kernel config. </para> - </sect2> + <sect2 condition="smp-alternatives"> +<title>Multiple Processors</title> + +<para> + +Multi-processor support — also called <quote>symmetric +multi-processing</quote> or SMP — is available for this architecture. +The standard Debian &release; kernel image was compiled with +<firstterm>SMP-alternatives</firstterm> support. This means that the kernel +will detect the number of processors (or processor cores) and will +automatically deactivate SMP on uniprocessor systems. + +</para><para arch="i386"> + +The 486 flavour of the Debian kernel image packages for &arch-title; +is not compiled with SMP support. + +</para> + </sect2> <sect2 condition="supports-smp"> - <title>Multiple Processors</title> + <title>Multiple Processors</title> <para> Multi-processor support — also called <quote>symmetric @@ -321,7 +336,7 @@ section of the kernel config. </sect2> <sect2 condition="supports-smp-sometimes"> - <title>Multiple Processors</title> + <title>Multiple Processors</title> <para> Multi-processor support — also called <quote>symmetric diff --git a/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml b/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml index 5251ad417..3f9a9725f 100644 --- a/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml +++ b/nl/hardware/installation-media.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 39614 untranslated --> +<!-- original version: 39887 untranslated --> <sect1 id="installation-media"> <title>Installation Media</title> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ IDE drives, IDE floppies, parallel port IDE devices, SCSI controllers and drives, USB, and FireWire. The supported file systems include FAT, Win-32 FAT extensions (VFAT) and NTFS. -</para><para arch="x86"> +</para><para arch="i386"> Disk interfaces that emulate the <quote>AT</quote> hard disk interface — often called MFM, RLL, IDE, or ATA — are supported. Very old diff --git a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml b/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml index 4b1e4a2ca..ab356c23d 100644 --- a/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml +++ b/nl/hardware/supported/i386.xml @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 39614 untranslated --> +<!-- original version: 39898 untranslated --> - <sect2 arch="x86"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title> + <sect2 arch="i386"><title>CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support</title> <para> Complete information concerning supported peripherals can be found at @@ -14,10 +14,52 @@ This section merely outlines the basics. <sect3><title>CPU</title> <para> -Nearly all x86-based processors are supported; this includes AMD and -VIA (former Cyrix) processors as well. Also the new processors like -Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon are supported. However, Linux will -<emphasis>not</emphasis> run on 286 or earlier processors. +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-bits AMD and VIA (former Cyrix) processors, and new +processors like the Athlon XP and Intel P4 Xeon. + +</para> +<note><para> + +If your system has a 64-bits AMD64, Intel EM64t or Intel Core 2 Duo processor, +you will probably want to use the installer for the amd64 architecture instead +of the installer for the (32-bits) i386 architecture. + +</para></note> +<para> + +However, Debian GNU/Linux &releasename; will <emphasis>not</emphasis> run +on 386 or earlier processors. Despite the architecture name "i386", Debian +Sarge has <emphasis>dropped support</emphasis> for actual 80386 processors +(and their clones), which were supported by earlier releases<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><para> </para> </sect3> @@ -29,7 +71,8 @@ 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, the Microchannel Architecture (MCA, used in IBM's PS/2 line), or VESA Local Bus (VLB, sometimes called the VL -bus). +bus). Essentially all personal computers sold in recent years use one +of these. </para> </sect3> diff --git a/nl/hardware/supported/s390.xml b/nl/hardware/supported/s390.xml index edda7217d..237674566 100644 --- a/nl/hardware/supported/s390.xml +++ b/nl/hardware/supported/s390.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking --> -<!-- original version: 28672 untranslated --> +<!-- original version: 39895 untranslated --> <sect2 arch="s390"><title>S/390 and zSeries machine types</title> @@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ be found in IBM's Redbook <ulink url="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/pubs/pdfs/redbooks/sg246264.pdf"> Linux for IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Distributions</ulink> in chapter 2.1 or at the -<ulink url="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/documentation-2.4.shtml">technical details web page</ulink> at -<ulink url="http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/index.shtml">developerWorks</ulink>. +<ulink url="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/index.html">zSeries +page at the developerWorks</ulink>. In short, G5, Multiprise 3000, G6 and all zSeries are fully supported; Multiprise 2000, G3 and G4 machines are supported with IEEE floating point emulation and thus degraded performance. |