Hi,
Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debain-sparc-2011082...@mdcc.cx> wrote:
>
> http://www.debian.org/ports/index should be changed, here's a pseudo-patch:
>
> s/
> This port runs on the Sun SPARC station series of workstations, as well as
> some
> of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> /
> This port runs on the Sun SPARC Ultra series of workstations, as well as some
> of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> /
>
[...]
>
> http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ should be changed:
>
> s/
> Supported is Sun4u machines
> /
> Supported are sun4u and sun4v machines
> /
>
> and
>
> s/
> does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture
> /
> does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architecture
> /
Joost and debian-www:
Ok for me committing the attached patches?
(Please note, that I changed the proposed "Sparc Ultra series"
into "UltraSparc series", which seems the correct name.)
Holger
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--- ports_index_orig.wml 2011-08-26 09:36:49.493696753 +0200
+++ ports_index_workingcopy.wml 2011-08-26 09:53:06.053698588 +0200
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
<td><a href="$(HOME)/ports/sparc/">sparc</a></td>
<td>Sun SPARC</td>
<td>First officially released with Debian 2.1. This port runs on the Sun
-SPARCstation series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
+UltraSPARC series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
in the sun4 architectures.</td>
<td><a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/">released</a></td>
</tr>
--- ports_sparc_index_orig.wml 2011-08-26 09:39:20.649697301 +0200
+++ ports_sparc_index_workingcopy.wml 2011-08-26 09:44:49.165697308 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<h2 id="status">Current Status</h2>
<p>
Debian SPARC is officially released and known to be stable. Supported
-is Sun4u machines (with a 32-bit userland). See
+are sun4u and sun4v machines (with a 32-bit userland). See
the <a href="../../releases/stable/sparc/">Install Manual</a>
for information on supported systems, hardware, and how to install
Debian.
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
<h2 id="sparc64bit">About 64-bit SPARC support</h2>
<p>
The Debian SPARC port,
-as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture.
+as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (“Ultra”)
+and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architectures.
It uses a 64-bit kernel (compiled with gcc 3.3 or newer), but most of the
applications run in 32-bit. This is also called a “32-bit
userland”.
