From 1e7a2bacb7a9283507ddaa2ecb1f329126ddd9a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Michlmayr Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 04:18:28 +0000 Subject: Add support for the SGI O2 (IP32) machines (with R5000 CPU). --- en/boot-installer/mips.xml | 8 ++++---- en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml | 10 +++++++--- en/hardware/supported/mips.xml | 8 +++++++- en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml | 6 +++--- en/install-methods/tftp/bootp.xml | 2 +- en/partitioning/partition/mips.xml | 4 ++-- en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml | 2 +- 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'en') diff --git a/en/boot-installer/mips.xml b/en/boot-installer/mips.xml index fd776cbf1..ccd7ae422 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/mips.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/mips.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Booting with TFTP - SGI Indys TFTP Booting + SGI TFTP Booting After entering the command monitor use @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ After entering the command monitor use bootp(): -on SGI Indys to boot linux and to begin installation of the Debian +on SGI machines to boot linux and to begin installation of the Debian Software. In order to make this work you may have to unset the netaddr environment variable. Type @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ command, the installer will be loaded automatically. Boot Parameters - SGI Indys TFTP Booting + SGI TFTP Booting -On SGI Indys you can append boot parameters to the +On SGI machines you can append boot parameters to the bootp(): command in the command monitor. diff --git a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml index 158d7937f..8d01923ba 100644 --- a/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml +++ b/en/hardware/hardware-supported.xml @@ -137,12 +137,15 @@ variations of each architecture known as flavors. - MIPS (big endian) + MIPS (big endian) mips - SGI Indy/Indigo 2 + SGI IP22 (Indy/Indigo 2) r4k-ip22 r5k-ip22 + + SGI IP32 (O2) + r5k-ip32 Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM) sb1-bcm91250a @@ -240,7 +243,8 @@ with X.Org version &x11ver;. -The X.Org X11 window system is only supported on the SGI Indy. The + +The X.Org X11 window system is only supported on the SGI Indy and the O2. 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 compatibility diff --git a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml b/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml index d9fce4361..540c59ebb 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported/mips.xml @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ refers to the SGI Indy, the Indigo 2 and Challenge S are meant as well. +SGI IP32: this platform is generally known as SGI O2. + + + + Broadcom BCM91250A (SWARM): this is an ATX form factor evaluation board from Broadcom based on the dual-core SB1 1250 CPU. @@ -43,7 +48,8 @@ debian-&arch-listname; mailing list. On SGI IP22, SGI Indy, Indigo 2 and Challenge S with R4000, R4400, R4600 and R5000 processors are supported by the Debian installation system on big endian -MIPS. The Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board comes with an SB1 1250 chip with +MIPS. On SGI IP32, currently only systems based on the R5000 are supported. +The Broadcom BCM91250A evaluation board comes with an SB1 1250 chip with two cores which are supported in SMP mode by this installer. Similarly, the BCM91480B evaluation board contains an SB1A 1480 chip with four cores which are supported in SMP mode. diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 5f8da88e2..0926ed5dc 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ server: # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc -to turn off Path MTU discovery, otherwise the Indy's PROM can't +to turn off Path MTU discovery, otherwise the SGI's PROM can't download the kernel. Furthermore, make sure TFTP packets are sent from a source port no greater than 32767, or the download will stall after the first packet. Again, it's Linux 2.4.X tripping this bug in the @@ -308,10 +308,10 @@ for additional system-specific configuration information. - SGI Indys TFTP Booting + SGI TFTP Booting -On SGI Indys you can rely on the bootpd to supply +On SGI machines you can rely on the bootpd to supply the name of the TFTP file. It is given either as the bf= in /etc/bootptab or as the filename= option in diff --git a/en/install-methods/tftp/bootp.xml b/en/install-methods/tftp/bootp.xml index 110d2405d..0f1fb963d 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/tftp/bootp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/tftp/bootp.xml @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ option specifies the file a client should retrieve via TFTP; see for more details. -On SGI Indys you can just enter the command monitor and type +On SGI machines you can just enter the command monitor and type printenv. The value of the eaddr variable is the machine's MAC address. diff --git a/en/partitioning/partition/mips.xml b/en/partitioning/partition/mips.xml index d07499625..fa1f01fc5 100644 --- a/en/partitioning/partition/mips.xml +++ b/en/partitioning/partition/mips.xml @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Partitioning for &arch-title; -SGI Indys require an SGI disk label in order to make the system bootable +SGI machines require an SGI disk label in order to make the system bootable from hard disk. It can be created in the fdisk expert menu. The thereby -created volume header(partition number 9) should be at least 3MB large. +created volume header (partition number 9) should be at least 3MB large. If the volume header created is too small, you can simply delete partition number 9 and re-add it with a different size. Note that the volume header must start at sector 0. diff --git a/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml b/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml index aba21a7e5..ed85017e8 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/modules/mips/arcboot-installer.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <command>arcboot</command>-installer -The boot loader on SGI Indys is arcboot. +The boot loader on SGI machines is arcboot. It has to be installed on the same hard disk as the kernel (this is done automatically by the installer). Arcboot supports different configurations which are set up in /etc/arcboot.conf. Each -- cgit v1.2.3