Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:10:56 +0100 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:14:53 -0400 > Celejar wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:22:41 +0400 > > Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:09:58 +0300 > > > Martin T wrote: > > > > > > > Reco, > > > > > > > > thanks for t

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:25:35 -0400 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I don't think the x86 architecture provides ANY hardware enumeration. > The processor couldn't care less. It's all about ports and interrupts. Yup. CPU is the ignorant one. Now, BIOS (or UEFI), on the other hand - they DO know hard

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Joe
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 14:14:53 -0400 Celejar wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:22:41 +0400 > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:09:58 +0300 > > Martin T wrote: > > > > > Reco, > > > > > > thanks for this explanation! Could you please explain this > > > hardware enumeration pr

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 8/10/2014 2:39 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 04:40:05 +0300 > Martin T wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> according to wiki, Debian is supported on little-endian ARM >> architecture. However, then wiki lists some sub-architectures which >> are supported. For example iop32x, ixp4xx, kirkwo

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:22:41 +0400 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:09:58 +0300 > Martin T wrote: > > > Reco, > > > > thanks for this explanation! Could you please explain this hardware > > enumeration provided by x86/x86-64 CPU's to kernel bit more? What kind > > of information

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:09:58 +0300 Martin T wrote: > Reco, > > thanks for this explanation! Could you please explain this hardware > enumeration provided by x86/x86-64 CPU's to kernel bit more? What kind > of information is provided to kernel in case of x86/x86-64 CPU? Sure: 1) Obtain an

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-10 Thread Martin T
Reco, thanks for this explanation! Could you please explain this hardware enumeration provided by x86/x86-64 CPU's to kernel bit more? What kind of information is provided to kernel in case of x86/x86-64 CPU? thanks, Martin On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, 10 Aug

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-09 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 04:40:05 +0300 Martin T wrote: > Hi, > > according to wiki, Debian is supported on little-endian ARM > architecture. However, then wiki lists some sub-architectures which > are supported. For example iop32x, ixp4xx, kirkwood and orion5x. Does > this mean that Debian ARM

Re: understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 8/9/2014 9:40 PM, Martin T wrote: > Hi, > > according to wiki, Debian is supported on little-endian ARM > architecture. However, then wiki lists some sub-architectures which > are supported. For example iop32x, ixp4xx, kirkwood and orion5x. Does > this mean that Debian ARM port works on fairly

understanding Debian support on ARM architecture

2014-08-09 Thread Martin T
Hi, according to wiki, Debian is supported on little-endian ARM architecture. However, then wiki lists some sub-architectures which are supported. For example iop32x, ixp4xx, kirkwood and orion5x. Does this mean that Debian ARM port works on fairly limited number of sub-architectures? For example