Package: www.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi Holger,
Op Thu 25 Aug 2011 om 09:52:23 +0200 schreef Holger Wansing: > [debian-sparc in CC; fullquote due to this - Sorry] Well, thanks for raising this issue! > "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. 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. / > > 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? 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 / > Is the installation manual correct or are there > also changes necessary? I believe the current stable installation manual is correct. Issues with www.debian.org reported as bug. Thanks, Bye, Joost -- irc:joostvb@{OFTC,freenode} ∙ http://mdcc.cx/ ∙ http://ad1810.com/
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