Hi, Op Fri 26 Aug 2011 om 09:59:11 +0200 schreef Holger Wansing: > 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.)
AFAIC: yes please go ahead. Thanks, Bye, Joost > --- 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”.
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