From 9453bc812688278b2f937286ae788ac45b0468a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wookey Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 04:37:04 +0000 Subject: Add instructions for arm64 machines: Juno, Mustang. Restrict armel/armhf info to those manual arches Rewrite 'graphics card' section to 'graphics hardware' to cover arm and x86 --- en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- en/hardware/supported/arm.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/hardware') diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 2425ecc44..e7f8fb87e 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -345,22 +345,46 @@ section of the kernel config. - Graphics Card Support + Graphics Hardware Support + +&debian;'s support for graphical interfaces is determined by the +underlying support found in X.Org's X11 system, and the kernel. Basic +framebuffer graphics is provided by the kernel, whilst desktop +environments use X11. Whether advanced graphics card features such as +3D-hardware acceleration or hardware-accelerated video are available, +depends on the actual graphics hardware used in the system and in some +cases on the installation of additional firmware images +(see ). + + + -&debian;'s support for graphical interfaces is determined by the -underlying support found in X.Org's X11 system. On modern PCs, -having a graphical display usually works out of the box. Whether -advanced graphics card features such as 3D-hardware acceleration -or hardware-accelerated video are available, depends on the -actual graphics hardware used in the system and in some cases -on the installation of additional firmware images (see ). In very few cases there have -been reports about hardware on which installation of additional graphics -card firmware was required even for basic graphics support, but -these have been rare exceptions. - -Details on supported graphics cards and pointing devices can be found at +On modern PCs, having a graphical display usually works out of the +box. In very few cases there have been reports about hardware on +which installation of additional graphics card firmware was required +even for basic graphics support, but these have been rare exceptions. +For quite a lot of hardware, 3D acceleration also works well out of +the box, but there is still some hardware that needs binary blobs to +work well. + + + + +Nearly all ARM machines have the graphics hardware built-in, rather +than being on a plug-in card. Some machines do have expansion slots +which will take graphics cards, but that is a rarity. Hardware +designed to be headless with no graphics at all is quite common. +Whilst basic framebuffer video provided by the kernel should work on +all devices that have graphics, fast 3D graphics invariably needs +binary drivers to work. The situation is changing quickly but at +the time of the &releasename; release free drivers for nouveau (Nvidia +Tegra K1 SoC) and freedreno (Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs) are available in +the release. Other hardware needs non-free drivers from 3rd parties. + + + +Details on supported graphics hardware and pointing devices can be found at . &debian; &release; ships with X.Org version &x11ver;. diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml index cdbc1b4ae..fef14d560 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/arm.xml @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ hardware. They are also common in the x86 PC world. Applied Micro (APM) Mustang/X-Gene + The APM Mustang was the first Linux-capable ARMv8 system available. It uses the X-gene SoC, which has since also been used in other machines. It is an 8-core CPU, with -- cgit v1.2.3