From c88fe18c8e799ebd957509a416683baecd537caa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Wansing Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 00:02:26 +0200 Subject: Clean-up of outdated/no longer used content (remove docs for non-release archs) --- en/hardware/supported/hppa.xml | 17 ------ en/hardware/supported/ia64.xml | 3 - en/hardware/supported/mips.xml | 116 -------------------------------------- en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml | 8 +-- en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml | 70 ----------------------- 5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 210 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 en/hardware/supported/hppa.xml delete mode 100644 en/hardware/supported/ia64.xml delete mode 100644 en/hardware/supported/mips.xml delete mode 100644 en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml (limited to 'en/hardware/supported') diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/hppa.xml b/en/hardware/supported/hppa.xml deleted file mode 100644 index b2fdad4d1..000000000 --- a/en/hardware/supported/hppa.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ - - - - - CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support - - -There are two major support &architecture; flavors: -PA-RISC 1.1 and PA-RISC 2.0. The PA-RISC 1.1 architecture is targeted -at 32-bit processors whereas the 2.0 architecture is targeted to -the 64-bit processors. Some systems are able to run either kernel. -In both cases, the userland is 32-bit. There is the possibility of -a 64-bit userland in the future. - - - - diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/ia64.xml b/en/hardware/supported/ia64.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 53394db87..000000000 --- a/en/hardware/supported/ia64.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ - - - diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml b/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml deleted file mode 100644 index f8fd19a54..000000000 --- a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,116 +0,0 @@ - - - - - Platforms supported by the - &debian; &architecture; port - - -&debian; on &arch-title; supports the following platforms: - - - - Cavium Octeon - - - Cavium designs a range of 64-bit MIPS Octeon processors which are - mainly used in networking devices. Devices with these processors - include the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter and the Rhino Labs UTM8. - - - - - - Loongson 3 - - - Devices based on the Loongson 3A and 3B processors are supported. - - - - - - - MIPS Malta - - - This platform is emulated by QEMU and is therefore a nice way - to test and run &debian; on MIPS if you don't have the hardware. - - - There are two Malta kernel flavours: 4kc-malta is built for 32-bit - processors, and 5kc-malta is built for 64-bit processors. - - - - - - - - In addition, other boards which contain MIPS32r2 - or MIPS64r2 based processors should also be able to run &debian;, - however kernels for these processors are not built and the &debian; - installer does not directly support them. - - - - -Complete information regarding supported mips/mipsel/mips64el machines can be found -at the Linux-MIPS homepage. In the -following, only the systems supported by the &debian; installer will be -covered. If you are looking for support for other subarchitectures, please -contact the -debian-&arch-listname; mailing list. - - - - CPU - - - Some MIPS machines can be operated in both big and little endian mode. - - For little endian MIPS, please read the documentation for the mipsel and - mips64el architectures. - - - For big endian MIPS, please read the documentation for the mips architecture. - - - - - - - Platforms no longer supported by the &debian; &architecture; port - - Since &debian; Stretch, support for all MIPS processors which do not - implement MIPS32 Release 2 have been dropped. Therefore the following - platforms supported in Jessie are no longer supported: - - - - Loongson 2E and 2F - - These are the older Loongson processors. Devices based on them - include the Fuloong Mini-PC and the Lemote Yeeloong laptop. - - - - SGI IP22 - - This platform includes the SGI machines Indy, Indigo 2 and Challenge S. - - - - SGI IP32 - This platform is generally known as SGI O2. - - - Broadcom BCM91250 - - Development board for Broadcom's SiByte core. Also known by its - codename SWARM. - - - - - diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml b/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml index 4b9ab56ad..414f82eb5 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/powerpc.xml @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ + @@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ Newer IBM systems using POWER5, POWER6, and POWER7 processors. - + @@ -444,6 +443,7 @@ which is Nubus, please see the section above). +--> CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml b/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a8261e45f..000000000 --- a/en/hardware/supported/sparc.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ - - - - - CPU and Main Boards Support - - -Sparc-based hardware is divided into a number of different subarchitectures, -identified by one of the following names: sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m, sun4u -or sun4v. The following list describes what machines they include and what -level of support may be expected for each of them. - - - - - -sun4, sun4c, sun4d, sun4m - - - -None of these 32-bit sparc subarchitectures (sparc32) is supported. For a -complete list of machines belonging to these subarchitectures, please consult -the Wikipedia -SPARCstation page. - - - -The last &debian; release to support sparc32 was Etch, but even then only -for sun4m systems. Support for the other 32-bits subarchitectures had -already been discontinued after earlier releases. - - - - - -sun4u - - - -This subarchitecture includes all 64-bit machines (sparc64) based on -the UltraSparc processor and its clones. Most of the machines are well -supported, even though for some you may experience problems booting from -CD due to firmware or bootloader bugs (this problem may be worked around -by using netbooting). Use the sparc64 or sparc64-smp kernel in UP and SMP -configurations respectively. - - - - - -sun4v - - - -This is the newest addition to the Sparc family, which includes machines -based on the Niagara multi-core CPUs. At the moment such CPUs are only -available in T1000 and T2000 servers by Sun, and are well supported. Use -the sparc64-smp kernel. - - - - - - - -Note that Fujitsu's SPARC64 CPUs used in PRIMEPOWER family of servers are not -supported due to lack of support in the Linux kernel. - - - -- cgit v1.2.3