From cc4c1e57fb8880d91395e8e6dc087c7e95c42223 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frans Pop Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:35:34 +0000 Subject: Add a caution against using IA64 for "normal" 64-bit Intel systems --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 13 ++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 84f50a46c..6b85eb6ab 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ installation-guide (2009xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low [ Frans Pop ] * Add missing hyphen in command "kbd-config". With thanks to Tapio Lehtonen. Closes: #545584. + * Include a caution in the IA64 version of the manual against using IA64 + for "normal" 64-bit Intel systems. -- Frans Pop Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:01:59 +0200 diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 1d02bd440..6f8f784e6 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -186,7 +186,18 @@ for information on any of the other Debian-supported architectures take a look at the Debian-Ports pages. - + + + +The &arch-title; architecture only supports Intel Itanium processors +and not the much more common 64-bit processors from the EM64T family +(including e.g. the Pentium D and the Core2 Duo). Those +systems are supported by the amd64 architecture +or, if you prefer a 32-bit userland, the i386 +architecture. + + + This is the first official release of &debian; for the &arch-title; architecture. We feel that it has proven itself sufficiently to be -- cgit v1.2.3