On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 20:36:34 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 17:13 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > in build/entities/common.ent there was the name of the architecture > > > missing. So what's the exact pronunciation of that arch? > > > (for powerpc we have "PowerPC" for example) > > > Is there some special form, or simply ppc64el? > > > In "Supported hardware" Breno has "Power Systems" as arch name. ??? > > > The ports page on https://www.debian.org/ports/ lists > > > https://wiki.debian.org/ppc64el/ as basic info page for the > > > ppc64el port, and there is no mention of "Power Systems"... > > > Also, in "Instructions for Netboot installation" under preparing > > > there is the term "PowerLinux machine". > > > This all should be harmonized to one term. > > [...] > > > > Based on > > <http://openpowerfoundation.org/technical/technical-resources/technical-specifications/> I think it's 'PowerPC 64-bit little-endian', or 'PowerISA little-endian'. > > > > However, comparing with the way we've named other architectures, '64-bit > > PowerPC (little-endian)' would be more consistent. > > In the Jessie release announcement the name "AArch64" was introduced. > Would that be correct for the d-i manual too? > Or is it wrong at all? > AArch64 is arm64, not ppc64el... Cheers, Julien
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