[debian-sparc in CC; fullquote due to this - Sorry] Hi,
"stephan.g...@t-online.de" <stephan.g...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hello together, > on this URL is something written about the Sparc port. > > > sparc - Sun SPARC - First officially released with Debian 2.1. This > port runs on the Sun SPARCstation series of workstations, as well as > some of their successors in the sun4 architectures. - released > > Well ... the SPARCstations are only the systems before sun4u ... such as > sun4c, sun4d and sun4m (and possibly sun4). This is documented on > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation. > But the Debian Sparc port only supports sun4u and sun4v (please see > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/ch02s01.html.en, chapter > 2.1.2). > > <quote> > 2.1.2. 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. > </quote> > > I think it would be a good idea to correct the statement about sparc > support in the actual Debian release. The SPARCstation class is > absolutely not supported anymore. > Thanks. > Best regards, > Stephan Additionally to that, the sparc ports page under http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ says, that only sun4u is supported, sun4v is not mentioned there. CC'ing debian-sparc list for clarification: debian-sparc guys: could you provide patches for relevant sites of the website? Is the installation manual correct or are there also changes necessary? Holger -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 3.0.2 under DEBIAN GNU/LINUX 6.0 - S q u e e z e Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://counter.li.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110825215223.b8a07e4d.li...@wansing-online.de
