CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support
For &debian-gnu; &release; only the PMac (Power-Macintosh or PowerMac) and PreP
subarchitectures are supported.
Kernel Flavours
There are two flavours of the powerpc kernel in &debian;, based on the
CPU type:
powerpc
This kernel flavour supports the PowerPC 601,
603, 604, 740, 750, and 7400 processors. All Apple PowerMac machines
up to and including the one marketed as G4 use one of these processors.
powerpc-smp
All Apple PowerMac G4 SMP machines.
power64
The power64 kernel flavour supports the following CPUs:
The POWER3 processor is used in older IBM 64-bit server systems: known
models include the IntelliStation POWER Model 265, the pSeries 610 and
640, and the RS/6000 7044-170, 7043-260, and 7044-270.
The POWER4 processor is used in more recent IBM 64-bit server systems:
known models include the pSeries 615, 630, 650, 655, 670, and 690.
Systems using the PPC970 processor (Apple G5, YDL PowerStation, IBM
Intellistation POWER 185) are also based on the POWER4 architecture,
and use this kernel flavour.
Newer IBM systems using POWER5, POWER6, and POWER7 processors.
Power Macintosh (pmac) subarchitecture
Apple (and briefly a few other manufacturers — Power Computing, for
example) made a series of Macintosh computers based on the PowerPC
processor. For purposes of architecture support, they are categorized
as NuBus (not supported by &debian;), OldWorld, and NewWorld.
OldWorld systems are most Power Macintoshes with a floppy drive and a
PCI bus. Most 603, 603e, 604, and 604e based Power Macintoshes are
OldWorld machines. Those pre-iMac PowerPC models from Apple use a
four digit naming scheme, except for the beige colored G3 systems, which
are also OldWorld.
The so called NewWorld PowerMacs are any PowerMacs in translucent
colored plastic cases and later models. That includes all iMacs, iBooks,
G4 systems, blue colored G3 systems, and most PowerBooks manufactured in and
after 1999. The NewWorld PowerMacs are also known for using the ROM in
RAM
system for MacOS, and were manufactured from mid-1998 onwards.
Specifications for Apple hardware are available at
AppleSpec,
and, for older hardware,
AppleSpec Legacy.
Model Name/Number
Generation
Apple
iMac Bondi Blue, 5 Flavors, Slot Loading
NewWorld
iMac Summer 2000, Early 2001
NewWorld
iMac G5
NewWorld
iBook, iBook SE, iBook Dual USB
NewWorld
iBook2
NewWorld
iBook G4
NewWorld
Power Macintosh Blue and White (B&W) G3
NewWorld
Power Macintosh G4 PCI, AGP, Cube
NewWorld
Power Macintosh G4 Gigabit Ethernet
NewWorld
Power Macintosh G4 Digital Audio, Quicksilver
NewWorld
Power Macintosh G5
NewWorld
PowerBook G3 FireWire Pismo (2000)
NewWorld
PowerBook G3 Lombard (1999)
NewWorld
PowerBook G4 Titanium
NewWorld
PowerBook G4 Aluminum
NewWorld
Xserve G5
NewWorld
Performa 4400, 54xx, 5500
OldWorld
Performa 6360, 6400, 6500
OldWorld
Power Macintosh 4400, 5400
OldWorld
Power Macintosh 7200, 7300, 7500, 7600
OldWorld
Power Macintosh 8200, 8500, 8600
OldWorld
Power Macintosh 9500, 9600
OldWorld
Power Macintosh (Beige) G3 Minitower
OldWorld
Power Macintosh (Beige) Desktop, All-in-One
OldWorld
PowerBook 2400, 3400, 3500
OldWorld
PowerBook G3 Wallstreet (1998)
OldWorld
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
OldWorld
Workgroup Server 7250, 7350, 8550, 9650, G3
OldWorld
Power Computing
PowerBase, PowerTower / Pro, PowerWave
OldWorld
PowerCenter / Pro, PowerCurve
OldWorld
UMAX
C500, C600, J700, S900
OldWorld
APS
APS Tech M*Power 604e/2000
OldWorld
Motorola
Starmax 3000, 4000, 5000, 5500
OldWorld
PReP subarchitecture
Model Name/Number
Motorola
Firepower, PowerStack Series E, PowerStack II
MPC 7xx, 8xx
MTX, MTX+
MVME2300(SC)/24xx/26xx/27xx/36xx/46xx
MCP(N)750
IBM RS/6000
40P, 43P
Power 830/850/860 (6070, 6050)
6030, 7025, 7043
p640
CHRP subarchitecture
Model Name/Number
IBM RS/6000
B50, 43P-150, 44P
Genesi
Pegasos I, Pegasos II
Fixstars
YDL PowerStation
APUS subarchitecture (unsupported)
Model Name/Number
Amiga Power-UP Systems (APUS)
A1200, A3000, A4000
Nubus PowerMac subarchitecture (unsupported)
NuBus systems are not currently supported by &debian;/powerpc. The
monolithic Linux/PPC kernel architecture does not have support for
these machines; instead, one must use the MkLinux Mach microkernel,
which &debian; does not yet support. These include the following:
Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, 8100
Performa 5200, 6200, 6300
Powerbook 1400, 2300, and 5300
Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150
A linux kernel for these machines and limited support is available at
.
Non-PowerPC Macs
Macintosh computers using the 680x0 series of processors are
not in the PowerPC family but are instead m68k
machines. Those models start with Mac II
series, go on
to the LC
family, then the Centris series, and culminate
in the Quadras and Performas. These models usually have a Roman numeral
or 3-digit model number such as Mac IIcx, LCIII or Quadra 950.
This model range started with the Mac II (Mac II, IIx, IIcx, IIci,
IIsi, IIvi, IIvx, IIfx), then the LC (LC, LCII, III, III+, 475, 520,
550, 575, 580, 630), then the Mac TV, then the Centris (610, 650,
660AV), the Quadra (605, 610, 630, 650, 660AV, 700, 800, 840AV, 900,
950), and finally the Performa 200-640CD.
In laptops, it started with the Mac Portable, then the PowerBook
100-190cs and the PowerBook Duo 210-550c (excluding PowerBook 500
which is Nubus, please see the section above).
CPU, Main Boards, and Video Support
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